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6.5/10 • 2

2023-04-120h 12m

Drama

In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, a woman walks into a chadari store in Kabul to buy her first full-body veil and face an uncertain future.

Directors
Elham Ehsas
Writters
Elham Ehsas

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Afsaneh Dehrouyeh

    Afsaneh Dehrouyeh

  2. Elham Ehsas

    Elham Ehsas

  3. Ahmad Jan Mano

    Ahmad Jan Mano

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CinemaSerf

Jan 26, 2024

7/10

A young woman (Afsaneh Dehrouyeh) walks into a clothing store looking to buy her first full length chadari. The shop is owned by auteur Elham Ahsas and over the next few minutes he helps her to choose the colour she might be allowed to wear, and then we watch her try on the garb that seems to almost empower her - she twirls and twirls and twirls... The movement almost perfectly illustrative of some of the joy and spirit that she is soon to leave behind. Her shoes of colour and sparkle to be forever hidden beneath it's weaves which, in themselves, demonstrate further the uncertainly she is to face under an increasingly male-dominated Taliban rule that will treat her as little better than a chattel from now on! It's simple with hardly any dialogue to clutter up the rather potent imagery that we are left to evaluate for ourselves. Yellow as a colour symbolises so many things around the world - it's well titled, too.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Persian
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
talibanislamism