An Afghan Love Story
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Product Description
**Afghanistan’s Official Submission – Best Foreign Language Film – Academy Awards**
**WINNER – Screenwriting Award – Sundance Film Festival**
It’s snowing in Kabul, and gregarious waiter Mustafa charms a pretty student named Wajma. The pair begins a clandestine relationship – they re playful and passionate but ever mindful of the societal rules they are breaking. After Wajma discovers she is pregnant, her certainty that Mustafa will marry her falters, and word of their dalliance gets out. Her father must decide between his culturally held right to uphold family honor and his devotion to his daughter.
Review
Winner – Screenwriting Award – Sundance Film Festival
Official Selection – Cannes Film Festival
Official Selection – Montreal World Film Festival
Official Selection – Discovery Zone Film Festival
Official Selection – Little Rock Film Festival
Official Selection – Vermont Int’l Film Festival
Official Selection – San Juan Int’l Film Festival —
Engrossing! A satisfying drama…heartfelt in a naturalistic manner. –Variety
[A] contemporary morality tale in a lean, efficient style. –The Hollywood Reporter