In the mountains of Pakistan, a Pashtun family is headed by an old patriarch who is married to a much younger woman, Allah Rakhi. One day, the father breaks the news that he is marrying his 10-year old daughter, Zainab, to a powerful tribe leader to settle a bloody feud.

 

On the morning of Zainab’s wedding day, Allah Rakhi escapes with her daughter, in a damning act of dishonour to the family punishable only by death. Allah Rakhi and Zainab meet a truck driver, Sohail, who helps them thinking they need a ride to the next stop. The father’s men begin to pursue his truck. Sohail’s life is in as much danger as theirs.

 

As the relentless chase intensifies, Sohail devises an escape plan. Their destinies are now entwined. Allah Rakhi finds herself falling for a man she is forbidden to love. The trio embark on an epic journey through the sweeping formidable winter landscape of Pakistan where the search for freedom and love comes with a price.

 

AWARDS RECEIVED:  

(2014) Best Director South Asian International Film Festival; Audience Award for Best Feature, South Asian International Film Festival; NETPAC Jury Special Mention, Bengaluru Film Festival; Jury Award, Women’s International Film and TV Showcase; WIFTS Foundation International Visionary Awards; (2015) Social Justice in Cinema Award, Mosiac International South Asian Film Festival; Best World Feature, Sonoma; Audience Award for Best Feature, Créteil Women’s Film Festival; Nominee, Cinema for Peace Award for Justice, Cinema for Peace Foundation; Audience Award for Best Feature at Creteil; Best World Feature at Sonoma; Best Director and Best Feature Film at SAIFF

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Premiered at Toronto in 2014 and was Pakistan’s Official Submission for Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards.

 

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