BERLIN (Reuters)
Life hangs in the balance in a new film about an Iraqi girl whose father betroths her to a local sheikh, leaving her with a very adult choice: submit and forget dreams of education or risk death in the name of honor.
In “Niloofar,” the determined 13-year-old is caught in a trap where opportunism and tradition push families to propagate customs that lead to their own regret—unless individuals step up to tempt fate.
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