Difret
Difret (Amharic: ድፍረት, lit. 'Courage') is a 2014 Ethiopian drama film written and directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari. The film had its premiere in-competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival where it won the World Cinematic Dramatic Audience Award. Angelina Jolie served as the executive producer of the film.
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Directed by | Zeresenay Berhane Mehari |
Written by | Zeresenay Berhane Mehari |
Produced by | Mehret Mandefro Leelai Demoz Zeresenay Mehari |
Cinematography | Monika Lenczewska |
Edited by | Agnieszka Glinska |
Music by | Dave Eggar David Schommer |
Production companies | Haile Addis Pictures Truth Aid |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | Ethiopia |
Language | Amharic |
Box office | $57,2013 |
The film later premiered at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama section, where it won the Audience Award. It was selected as the Ethiopian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
The title literally translates as "courage", "audacity", but can also be a euphemism for "the act of being raped."
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