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Today I will tell you a
story about a woman who disguises herself as a man in Afghanistan
The Breadwinner
Afghanistan is under the cruel rule of Taliban
the civilian population
especially the women
have a very low status in society
They live in a hellish life
Women are not allowed to go out
go out alone without an adult man
and could not read or draw attention to themselves
Adult women were not even allowed to reveal any part of their bodies
They had to cover their bodies with heavy clothing every day
They have no freedom and no human rights
They have to survive in a place where war is raging.
11-year-old Jodhiah
was born in such a place.
Jodeya's father was a teacher.
But her father lost his leg in the war.
To support his family
Every day, he takes Jodiah to the market to set up a stall
To provide reading and writing services to others
When they were not being patronized.
Father would tell Jordja about the ancient history and fascinating legends of Afghanistan.
Ancient history and fascinating legends
Jordja was deeply moved by these stories.
The life they were living was hard and poor.
But, for Jodha, it was a happy life.
On this day, Jodha and her father
came to the market to set up a stall as usual
A wild dog suddenly appeared in the stall
To chase away the wild dog
Jodeya made a noise.
The sound drew in the Taliban, Id.
Id was once a student of his father's.
But joined the Taliban during the war and is a criminal
Id thinks Jodeya is drawing attention to herself
And made things difficult for Jordya and her father
He even wants Jodeya's father to marry 11-year-old Jodeya to him.
The father refused Id by falsely claiming that Jodeya was already married.
This made Idd very unhappy.
A few days later, Ilde cited her father's collection of forbidden books
for teaching women how to read.
The father was sent to prison.
Now Jodeya's family is left with a mother
His sister, who was waiting to be married, and his brother, who was still in infancy
Although the father was framed and imprisoned on trumped-up charges
But the mother did not give up
She took the law into her own hands to redeem him.
The next morning.
Mother and Jodhiah arrived at the prison gate with a picture of her father
And a letter of protest to the prison gate.
hoping that the guards would be accommodating.
to release him from prison.
But instead of releasing him.
They tore his picture into pieces.
He even beat his mother severely.
Without the adult male, the family had no income.
Even the food was running out.
There was nothing else to do.
Jodeya had no choice but to go out alone to buy supplies
However, in Afghanistan
women are not allowed
go out alone without an adult male
No one dared to sell anything to Jodeya
It was at this time that
Jodhiah became acutely aware of
how inconvenient it is to be born a woman in this country
So the next day
Jodha cut off her long beautiful hair
Put on the clothes of her late brother Suleiman
She decided to go out and work as a man to make ends meet.
Jodha had never before taken off
Jodhia had never before taken off the heavy attire of a woman's body and left the house.
Now that she could face others with her own face
Jodha was a little uncomfortable.
She was a little worried that she would be discovered as a man.
But everything went smoothly.
Jodiah managed to buy what she wanted.
Doing all kinds of heavy work that is not for her age.
On the way, Jordja met
Antana, who was dressed as a man like herself.
Antana gave herself a
A boy's name, Delilva.
which stands for bravery.
And at Antana's suggestion, Jordja
gave himself a new name - Odish
It means fire.
The two soon became good friends who could talk to each other.
Jodja tells Antana about her father's imprisonment.
Antana suggests that Jordja bribe her way out of her father's imprisonment.
But Jodha doesn't have enough money on him.
To get the money for the bribe
Jordja returns to the market where she and her father had a stall together
He continued to provide letter reading and writing services.
In the stall was Jordja's
Jodhia's once favorite red dress.
She sold the red dress to
An old man and his wife
His wife looked as young as his daughter.
Then a man appeared in front of the stall
The man's name was Razak.
He asked Jodha where her father had gone.
Jodha told a random lie to get rid of it.
Razak didn't look into it and handed Jodha an envelope.
He asked Jodha to read it to him.
However, the contents of the letter broke Razak's heart
It turned out that Razak's wife
On her way to her sister's wedding
She hit a mine and died in the explosion.
After listening to the letter, Razak left in a daze.
He didn't even take the letter.
He managed to get some money together.
Jodha took the money with him.
With this money, Jordja tried to bribe the guards at the prison.
But he was beaten up by the guards.
Antana told Jordja.
Maybe Jordja didn't have enough money.
So they went to the desert to work together again.
The wages here are said to be very good.
But the boss who hired Jordja and Antana
Not only did he not pay them for their work.
And even left Jordja and Antana
They were left in the middle of nowhere.
They sat in the middle of nowhere and talked.
They learned that
Antana was living in an unhappy family
In order to leave this family
Antana kept working to earn money
She wanted to live on her own.
She took out of her pocket a postcard from the beach that she had stolen from her father.
From her pocket, she took a postcard from the beach that she had stolen from her father
And told Jordja
That she had enough money to leave Afghanistan
To go to the sea for business.
She yearned for the vast sea and the peaceful sky.
All this became the reason for Antana to try to live.
Jodeya looked at Antana and said
Why don't we go into business together?
Let's do business on the beach together
The friendship between the two of them
After being honest with each other
became deeper.
Then they continued to work hard.
To Jodha's surprise
Jordja didn't expect that she would meet Ed once again
Ede kept making things difficult for Jordja and Antana.
Finally, he recognized Jodiah's true identity.
Jordja was quick to smash Ed's head with a brick
Then he took Antana and ran away
and hid in a small cave.
Ede angrily chased after Jodeya.
During this time the gun in his hand even went off
But because the cave was too small
Id could not climb into the cave
Just then other Taliban
came to tell Id that the war was about to start
And drove Id away
And in the cave, Jodeya began to tell Antana a story
When Jodeya returned home
His mother told Jodeya
She had written to her cousin, whom she hadn't heard from in years.
Asking his cousin to take them away.
For this reason, the mother even gave Jodja's sister
to marry her cousin's youngest son.
Her sister had to agree.
In those days and in those circumstances.
Women did not have the right to choose marriage
Just like the girl who bought her red dress.
Even if she married a man as old as her father
And no complaints were allowed
But Jodha didn't want to give up on saving her father.
The next day Razak appeared once again in front of
Jodha's stall.
He sat in the same seat where his father used to sit
Asking Jodja to point out his wife's name in the letter
Touching the name, Razak's face was filled with indescribable sadness.
Razak paid Jodeya and left.
The next day, Razak appeared again.
This time, Razak asked Jodeya to teach him to write his wife's name
Before leaving, Jodha told Razak about his father's imprisonment.
told Razak about his father's imprisonment
and asks Razak about his father
After hearing this, Razak asked Jodja to go to the prison on Wednesday.
His cousin was on duty at the prison that day.
He would help.
Wednesday soon arrived.
Jodja told his mother
He was going to see his father one last time.
And then she left.
Before going to the prison, she said goodbye to Antana.
In a place where there was so much smoke.
It's hard to have a friend with similar experiences
It's not easy to have a friend with similar experiences.
And Antana was about to lose that friend.
Antana cried and gave all the money she had
And Antana cried and gave all the money she had to Jordja
And made a pact with Jordja
To be friends forever at the beach.
On the way to the prison, Jordja
The cousin abducted Jodha's brother with his relatives.
For the sake of his brother, his mother and sister had to get into the car.
On the way, the cousin's car broke down.
The mother, who was always weak, finally resisted at this moment.
She insisted on going to Jodeya, forcing her to die.
The cousin was worried about making a big deal out of it.
Finally released his brother and sister
On the other hand, Jodha waited in prison for Razak to come out.
I don't know how long it took.
Razak finally brought his father out.
But Razak was also wounded as a result.
Razak told Jordja
Take your father with you.
Get as far away as you can.
So Jodja pushed her father away in a wheelbarrow.
On the other side, her mother carried her brother on her back and kept walking with her sister
There seemed to be a glimmer of hope in the darkness of the desert
Only no one knew
What awaits them next?
Maybe they would die on the road.
Or maybe they'll just get separated.
But, at least they were still alive.
Jodeya's experience is certainly tragic.
But this is just one example of thousands of Afghan families.
This film is not just limited to
Showing the darkness of the government and the civilians who are living under the hardships of war
It blames the war and opposes it.
It also celebrates the freedom and kinship of people under difficult circumstances
To those who are trapped in difficult circumstances
Even if their fate is bad
Wipe away their tears
To keep going in the darkness
For, to live is to hope
Only by living can we have a bright future
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