
A Time for Drunken Horses(2000)
After their father dies, a family of five children are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq.


“Women. Life. Liberty.”
Bahar, the commanding officer of the Daughters of the Sun, a battalion made up entirely of Kurdish female soldiers, is on the cusp of liberating their town, which has been overrun by ISIS extremists.

Golshifteh Farahani
Bahar

Emmanuelle Bercot
Mathilde
Zübeyde Bulut
Lamia

Behi Djanati Atai
Dahlia

Evin Ahmad
Berivan

Erol Afşin
Tiresh
Arabi Ghibeh
Man in Black

Zirek
Commandant Zirek
Kakha Kupatadze

Fahmi Guerbaa
Girls of the Sun is a drama, war film released in 2018 exploring themes of kurdish, isis (daesh). Directed by Eva Husson, it stars Golshifteh Farahani, Emmanuelle Bercot, Zübeyde Bulut. Bahar, the commanding officer of the Daughters of the Sun, a battalion made up entirely of Kurdish female soldiers, is on the cusp of liberating their town, which has been overrun by ISIS extremists.
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