Wazhma Bahar

It’s snowing in Kabul, and gregarious waiter Mustafa charms a pretty student named Wajma. The pair begin a clandestine relationship—they’re playful and passionate but ever mindful of the societal rules they are breaking. After Wajma discovers she is pregnant, her certainty that Mustafa will marry her falters, and word of their dalliance gets out. Her father must decide between his culturally held right to uphold family honor and his devotion to his daughter.

Forced to marry a 65-year-old man, a 15-year-old Afghan flees her country to marry an Afghan who lives in Montreal. His escape has a cost: his children will one day have to marry their cousins in Afghanistan. Fifteen years later, the pact resurfaces, not without consequences for the next generation.