Parvana
Parvana (The Breadwinner in English) is an animated movie that is decidedly not for kids even though it features kids as main characters. Set in Afghanistan, it tells the story of young Parvana whose father is arbitrarily incarcerated. Without a man in the household, Parvana, her mother and her sister and baby brother are not allowed to leave the house. No one will sell them food for fear of taliban reprisals. Parvana meets a girl she knows from when she used to go to school who passes as a young boy to solve the same problem they're having, and she decides to do the same. I was reminded of Grave of the Fireflies : using a child's medium to draw you in the tragic story of a child (although Parvana ends slightly less dramatically). Highly recommended, but not if you're already depressed about humanity.
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