You Will Be Free
Afghanistan, Spring 2002 — Following the fall of the taliban regime, the country faces extreme poverty.To feed his family, a father is forced to sell his 15-year-old daughter to a 65-year-old man.Refusing to accept this fate for her child, the mother, determined to give her a brighter future, arranges a marriage with a man living in Montreal.
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Afghanistan, Spring 2002 — Following the fall of the taliban regime, the country faces extreme poverty. To feed his family, a father is forced to sell his 15-year-old daughter to a 65-year-old man. Refusing to accept this fate for her child, the mother, determined to give her a brighter future, arranges a marriage with a man living in Montreal. In return, she makes a solemn promise: the children born of this union will one day marry their cousins remaining in Afghanistan. Montreal, Spring 2020 — The pact resurfaces. Now well integrated into Quebec society, Zarmina refuses to let her 15-year-old daughter marry her cousin in Afghanistan. Her firm opposition triggers a tragic chain of events.
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- Release date
- Mar 27, 2026
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
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- Language
- Arabic, English
- Country
- Canada
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