CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Elinor Overall I really enjoyed this film,and the way that it is based on a real story that happened. This film is about a young fourteen year old girl named Hirut, who lives in a poor village with her family in Ethiopia. Hirut gets told by her parents that she will have to marry an older man, whom she does want to be with, and on her way home from school one day she gets kidnapped and abducted by this man. On her escape she grabs his gun, and runs for home, but encounters the man surrounded by other men. terrified and panicked she aims the gun and shoots the man. This becomes the plot of the film when a woman named Meaza comes to Hirut and her family saying that she will be representing Hirut in court, and defend her case saying that it was an act of defense, and that she is innocent. My favorite character in the film would be Meaza who was playing as Hirut's attorney in the film, because she never gave up on her case, and on Hirut. Meaza did things that was not required from her, like taking Hirut into the city, and letting her stay in her home for a few days, because she knew that with everyone who knew the man that got shot was against her,and wanted her killed, and she wanted to protect Hirut, and also care for her. Meaza wins her case, and Hirut does not get charged with murder of the man, as it was said to have been an act of defense. My favorite scene in the film was when Hirut decided to go with Meaza,and leave her family, but then decided to go back to her family, saying that her sister will need her, and that she will never be able to live without her. I thought this film was excellent,and would give it a 5/5 stars.

westsideschl As a Muslim Bangladeshi woman once told me in reference to a recent "National Geographic Magazine" story "The Changing Face of Saudi Women", "Our problem is that men should learn to keep it in their pants!" The solution according to male tradition has been in "placing the onus on the victim" which is just another element in support of female enslavement, and as shown in the film, "Difret", the story of a kidnapped girl, Hirut. The male history of what it means to be a female is one of: maintain the household; provide sex on demand; provide male heirs (w/female infanticide not uncommon). Let's remind ourselves of the list of almost warfare style tactics for male dominion over females: Asset control, role guilt, child marriages, domestic violence, FGM, acid attacks, kidnapping as shown in this film, foot binding once common in China, isolation/exclusion, and stoning. One would think that the moral compass of religion would provide a safety net for women, but all the major religions were created for an illiterate populace where strength governed the ethos. In Muslim cultures Sharia law is overseen by males. In Judaism the patriarchs write the rules which saw women as jealous, vain, lazy and gluttonous; likely to gossip and receptive to the occult/witchcraft. Christianity with special emphasis given to Catholic, Orthodox, LDS religions simply exorcised the word "égalité".So what is to be done? Hirut had the answer. Education! Educating girls would have a singular impact toward maintaining the health of the family, and by extension the community. A few critical locals promoting female education will have far ranging regional influence, for example, Afghanistan.

skinsk-1 I just caught a screening at the Jeonju International Film Festival in Korea, and I was very impressed. It was a riveting, well-edited and well-acted film about a primitive misogynistic mindset that is responsible for the abuse and deaths of women around the world. Based on a true story (probably one of the few with a relatively positive outcome) and filmed on location with an Ethiopian director and cast, Difret is educational and thought-provoking. I wish the director the best of luck bringing more material like this to the attention of the world. WELL DONE! And I recommend this film to anyone who has the opportunity to see it and support it!

yox1408 It means a lot For Ethiopian Cinema that this Film wins at sundace film festival Cause more directors can tackle this kinds of big issues in the country & i wanna say Congrats to mr.Zeresenay for his achievement & Being an inspiration for other Ethiopian and African directors .........next i want to see him to work on projects like ....emperor Minilik(The Ethiopian King Who defeat the Italian army Without Gun) & more ....Hope you don't take long time to come back.....also i want to say thanks To ANJELINA JOLIE for being one the producers in this foreign film The Acting in this film is Excellent specially Meron Getnet did a nice job.The flow & Vibe of this movie is very good