Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Difret end with hope?

Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More violent than 59% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Difret easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Difret

Name: Difret
Genre: Drama
Released: 2014
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Meron Getnet, Tizita Hagere, Haregewine Assefa, Brook Sheferaw, Mekonnen Leake

Directed by Zeresenay Mehari

Produced by Haile Addis Pictures

201496 min6.3 / 10

A tense legal and moral drama about a young girl's fight for survival against entrenched tradition, anchored by a lawyer's courageous stand for human rights.

Three hours outside of Addis Ababa, a bright 14-year-old girl is on her way home from school when men on horses swoop in and kidnap her. The brave Hirut grabs a rifle and tries to escape, but ends up shooting her would-be husband. In her village the practice of abduction into marriage is common and one of Ethiopia’s oldest traditions. Meaza Ashenafi, an empowered and tenacious young lawyer, arrives from the city to represent Hirut and argue that she acted in self defense. Meaza boldly embarks on a collision course between enforcing civil authority and abiding by customary law, risking the ongoing work of her women’s legal aid practice to save Hirut’s life.

Clusters

Doing Right In Disaster Conscience Against the System Realistic Injustice Dramas Soldiers Facing Wartime Hardship Justice and Freedom

Genres

Drama

Keywords

Death Penalty Kidnapping Ethiopia Human Rights Child Kidnapping

Questions people ask

Is Difret sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Does Difret end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of films.
Is Difret violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.
Is Difret scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Difret easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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