{"id":3703,"date":"2018-07-02T21:41:01","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T20:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/?page_id=3703"},"modified":"2019-05-04T06:50:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T05:50:43","slug":"the-breadwinner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/films\/the-breadwinner\/","title":{"rendered":"The Breadwinner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Director: Nora Twomey, Ireland\/Canada\/Luxembourg 2017, 94 mins, 12A<\/p>\n

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\u201cAlong with the eerie beauty of the animation there is a salving streak of humour that softens this tale\u2019s sharper edges, reminding us that – for children – laughter and bravery walk hand in hand.\u201d Mark Kermode, The Observer<\/i><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Parvana is an eleven year old girl living with her family under Taliban rule in Afghanistan. After her father is arrested, the women are left without a male to accompany them outside their house and so Parvana cuts her hair, dresses like a boy and begins a new life as she sets out to free her father.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt directly confronts the misogyny and chauvinism of contemporary Afghanistan, while powerfully suggesting that storytelling is both a means of coping and a solution for change.\u201d Variety<\/i><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Further reading<\/h4>\n
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    1. Time Out<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. The Observer<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. The Guardian<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. Empire<\/a><\/li>\n
    5. Nora Twomey Interview, Irish Times<\/a><\/li>\n
    6. The Film Programme, Radio 4<\/a><\/li>\n
    7. The Telegraph<\/a><\/li>\n
    8. New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n
    9. Variety<\/a><\/li>\n
    10. Eye for Film<\/a><\/li>\n
    11. Film Ireland<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Trailer<\/h4>\n