Yikes, this film was hard to watch. On the bright side, if you need a way to traumatize your kids to remind them how good they have it, you've hit pay dirt, my friend.Parvana (Saara Chaudry) is an 11-year-old girl living with her family in Afghanistan. When her father (Ali Badshah) is arrested by the Taliban, it leaves them with almost no way to survive. Women are not allowed to enter stores, sell, or buy goods in the marketplace without a male relative or husband present. To keep them from starving, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses as a boy. She continues her father's work of offering to read or write for people who are illiterate, knowing that if she is caught, she will be killed by the Taliban. To keep her courage up, she tells her friends and family a story she has made up about a hero on an epic journey.
Honestly, this movie is one soul-crushing adventure couched in candy-colored animation. Tyler, who has been to Afghanistan, took one look and noped the fuck out, preferring to stay in another room until it was over. I can't blame him. The movie is beautiful and it has a really sweet message about how imagination and tradition are what hold us together even in the darkest times but I'd be lying if I said it was worth the suffering. Don't do this to yourself.
Or do. What do I know? It's streaming on Netflix.
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