44ème Festival international du Film Molodist

The movie tells the story of a young Jewish woman experiencing a personal crisis, returning from Germany where she has studied to her homeland and to her family in Israel. It is a positive picture of a family in which a human being can find consolation and support. Reconciliation of social and historical divisions, as between Jews and Germans, is difficult and may last for generations, but it is possible: This is the clear message of the film.

Based on a real-life story he film tells about the struggle of a committed woman lawyer, Meaza Ashenafi, defending freedom and rights of a girl abducted and raped because a traditional custom allows it. The film takes place in Ehiopia of 1996, in a society where unjust customs became a social rule. It is a movie about courage when facing violence and social injustice and fighting them.

Der menschlich berührende Kurzspielfilm setzt sich mit dem Thema des Altwerdens auseinander, mit den Gefühlen, Bedürfnissen und Wünschen älterer Menschen. Er porträtiert die wissende Liebe und den Respekt zwischen einer erwachsenen Tochter und ihrer alternden Mutter.