The Swallows of Kabul
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TITLE “Les Hirondelles de Kaboul” by Zabou Breitman* and Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec*
STUDIO/SCHOOL Animaskin
Summer 1998, Kabul in ruins is occupied by the Taliban. Atiq and Mussarat have been married for many years and hardly speak to each other anymore. She does not support his sinister life as a prison guard for women. She, suffering from an incurable disease, is in agony. Mohsen and Zunaira are young, they love each other deeply despite the daily violence and misery, they want to believe in the future. A senseless move by Mohsen will turn their fate into tragedy…
