Saturday, November 14: 2:00 pm

Shaima and Hossein are in love. But Shaima is already married to another, and Hossein is a paraplegic unable to work. Add to these already extraordinary problems the threat of igniting a generation-decimating blood feud, and the unfolding drama takes on the dimensions of a Shakespearean play. Helga Reidemeister’s observational camera captures the muddy hues of bombed-out Kabul and the whispering worlds of Afghan women as she demonstrates not only the difficulties of lives lived in a perpetual war zone but also of an outsider trying to penetrate the layers of truth.

This film is part of the Love Against the Odds series