Lingui: Sacred Bonds

On the outskirts of N’djamena in Chad, Amina lives alone with her only 15-year-old daughter Maria. Her already fragile world collapses the day she discovers that her daughter is pregnant. The teenager does not want this pregnancy. In a country where abortion is not only condemned by religion, but also by law, Amina finds herself facing a battle that seems lost in advance…

“A taut, strikingly beautiful drama.” ~Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times

“It’s a simple, angry work, determined to get across its point with force and with few distractions.” ~Dave Calhoun, Time Out