From executive producer Angelina Jolie Pitt comes the award-winning drama “Difret”, 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.
When 14-year-old Hirut is abducted in her rural village’s tradition of kidnapping women for marriage, she fights back, accidentally killing her captor and intended husband. Local law demands a death sentence for Hirut, but Meaza, a tough and passionate lawyer from a women’s legal aide practice, steps in to fight for her. With both Hirut’s life and the future of the practice at stake the two women must make their case for self-defense against one of Ethiopia’s oldest and most deeplyrooted traditions.
“Difret” paints a portrait of a country in a time of great transformation and the brave individuals ready to help shape it.
“Difret” is an Amharic word that translates into “courage” or “to dare.”
“Excellent by any standard!” raves Kenneth Turan from The Los Angeles Times.