Difret poster

Difret

6.3(62)20141h 36m1

Three hours outside of Addis Ababa, a bright 14-year-old girl is on her way home from school when men on horses swoop in and kidnap her. The brave Hirut grabs a rifle and tries to escape, but ends up shooting her would-be husband. In her village the practice of abduction into marriage is common and one of Ethiopia’s oldest traditions. Meaza Ashenafi, an empowered and tenacious young lawyer, arrives from the city to represent Hirut and argue that she acted in self defense. Meaza boldly embarks on a collision course between enforcing civil authority and abiding by customary law, risking the ongoing work of her women’s legal aid practice to save Hirut’s life.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$49.7K
Language
Amharic
  • death penalty
  • kidnapping
  • ethiopia
  • human rights
  • child kidnapping

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Behind the camera

Produced in

Ethiopia, United States of America

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • PremiereMumbai Film Festival17 Oct 2014
  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival19 Jan 2014
    • Theatrical23 Oct 2015
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereLondon Film Festival18 Oct 2014
    • Theatrical6 Mar 2015
  • United Arab EmiratesAE

    • PremiereAbu Dhabi Film Festival28 Oct 2014
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereSydney Film Festival6 Jun 2014
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereVancouver International Film Festival3 Oct 2014
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical22 Apr 2015
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival25 Sept 2014
  • EstoniaEE

    • PremiereTallinn Black Nights Film Festival17 Nov 2014
  • EthiopiaET

    • Theatrical25 Sept 2014
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical8 Jul 2015
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1212 Mar 2015

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Difret was released on 10 August 2014.

Audience reviews

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    Reno

    12/24/2015

    9/10

    > About how a terrible event changed the judicial system. The name Angelina Jolie on the poster draw my interest on this one. She was executive producer of this excellent Amharic movie. I appreciate her side of contribution to lift the world cinema. Some of the stories go unheard, because they are happening in the remote places of the earth, far from the modern cities and countries. Newspapers, media might fail to…

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