No Good Men
An Afghan love story.
2021, Afghanistan right before the Taliban’s return.Naru, the only camerawoman at Kabul’s main TV station, struggles to keep custody of her three-year-old son after leaving her serial cheater husband.Convinced no good men exist in her country, Naru is caught off guard when Qodrat, Kabul TV’s most important journalist, gives her a career opportunity.
Story overview
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2021, Afghanistan right before the Taliban’s return. Naru, the only camerawoman at Kabul’s main TV station, struggles to keep custody of her three-year-old son after leaving her serial cheater husband. Convinced no good men exist in her country, Naru is caught off guard when Qodrat, Kabul TV’s most important journalist, gives her a career opportunity. As the two crisscross the city reporting on its last days of freedom, sparks fly and Naru starts to doubt herself: could there actually be a good man out there?
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Box Office & Release
- Budget
- $3M
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- Release date
- May 28, 2026
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- Persian, Pushto
- Country
- Afghanistan, Germany
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