Dir. Mehreen Jabbar, Urdu with english subtitles, 2008
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Thu 1 October 2009 // 19:30
/ Cinema
Based on actual recent events, the story is of a Hindu boy and his father who accidentally cross the border into India from their village in Pakistan at a time of extreme tension between the 2 countries. Her debut film, she tells of the lives of a family at the bottom of a discriminatory religious ladder and an insensitive social system, which is nevertheless inclusive and pluralist.