When She Hears the Bells
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Afghanistan, summer 2021. As the Taliban gradually seize control of the country, Leila, a young widow, arrives in Kabul. She begins working in a kitchen that she discovers is part of a Bacha Bazi house. Very young, androgynous boys there dance dressed as women before audiences of men. She meets Tamim, a Bacha whom she decides to help. She will try to save other young boys and leave the country before the city falls.
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Golshifteh Farahani
Leila
Rohed Khan
Milad
Sayed Hashimi
Mahmood
Azizullah Hamrah
Haji
Zobair Padash
Imam Rahman
Forouzan Jamshidnejad
Fazila
Venus Nazari
Roya
Fatima Tawakkuli
Marie
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