🎬 Documentary

Mein Herz sieht die Welt schwarz - Eine Liebe in Kabul

2009 1h 27m Dir. Helga Reidemeister

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Hossein and Shaima have loved each other since childhood. As teenagers they were separated by war. They meet again in Kabul in the late 90s. Poverty forces Hossein to fight in the war. A shell splinter leaves him paralyzed. Shaima is sold into marriage with a man 40 years her senior and falls pregnant. Since Shaima's husband still owes half the dowry to her father he brings her back into the constraining patriarchal fold of the family, where she lives with her 5-year-old daughter. This situation doesn't prevent the two from seeing each other, even though this means going against their families' hard rules. In constant fear of revenge on the part of the male members of both families, they struggle to hold on to their love.

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Year
2009
Runtime
1h 27m
Genre
Documentary
Language
DE
🎭 Documentary 🎬 Helga Reidemeister
woman director

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Mein Herz sieht die Welt schwarz - Eine Liebe in Kabul has a runtime of 1h 27m (1 hour and 27 minutes).
Mein Herz sieht die Welt schwarz - Eine Liebe in Kabul was directed by Helga Reidemeister and released in 2009.
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