Meron Getnet
Meaza Ashenafi
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Plot. The film chronicles a legal-precedent setting court case that outlawed the kidnapping of child brides (ጠለፈ tʼelefa) in Ethiopia. It tells the story of a 14-year-old girl, Hirut Assefa (based on Aberash Bekele), who is kidnapped on her way home from school and subsequently grabs a rifle and tries to escape, but ends up shooting her ...
- $57,2013
- Dave Eggar, David Schommer
- Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
- Mehret Mandefro, Leelai Demoz, Zeresenay Mehari
Oct 23, 2015 · Difret: Directed by Zeresenay Mehari. With Meron Getnet, Tizita Hagere, Abel Abebe, Shitaye Abraha. A young lawyer travels to an Ethiopian village to represent Hirut, a 14-year-old girl who shot her would-be husband as he and others were practicing one of the nation's oldest traditions: abduction into marriage.
- (1.4K)
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Zeresenay Mehari
- 2015-10-23
Oct 23, 2015 · Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Named after the Amharic word for "audacity," "Difret" tells of a crucial case in Ethiopian history, involving a 14-year-old girl and her legal rights. Walking home from school, Hirut ( Tizita Hagere) is kidnapped by a group of men riding on horseback with rifles. One of them, Tadele ( Girma Teshome ), has ...
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The Sundance and Berlinale award-winning drama DIFRET, is based on the inspirational true story of a young Ethiopian girl and a tenacious lawyer embroiled in a life-or-death clash between cultural traditions and their country’s advancement of equal rights.
