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I Was Worth 50 Sheep (2)Direction
Nima Sarvestani
Photography
Hamid Hamoun
Editing
Helena Fredroksson
Production
Nimafilm

Sweden, 2010,52’ Dari, with Italian subtitles

Sabere was sold ten years old, to a 50-year-old man, became pregnant several times, resulting in miscarriage. Now she is sixteen and being helped to fight for her freedom. Sabere’s mother was also inherited by an in-law. They have a daughter, Farzaneh, now eleven. Her father is selling her because of poverty. Farzaneh price tag was 50 sheep. He is going to wait until she is fifteen, but the buyer’s family want to take her at once. They are afraid that Farzaneh’s father may runs away together with her. These family’s weekdays are filled with problems.