directed by: Eva Husson, year: 2018
actors: Golshifteh Farahani, Emmanuelle Bercot

A blistering, character-driven war drama that follows Bahar, a commander of a Kurdish female battalion, as she leads her unit in a brutal confrontation with ISIS and confronts the moral costs of combat. The film blends frontline action with intimate portraits of sisterhood, trauma, and resilience, showing how these women fight to protect families, reclaim agency, and survive in a landscape of oppression. Through restrained storytelling and striking visuals, it interrogates sacrifice, propaganda, and the price of freedom.

Women's Empowerment, Drama, War Drama, Feminist Cinema, Middle East Conflict