Difret
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Difret
A Film by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
2014 - Ethiopia - Drama - DCP - 2.35 - 99 min.
with Meron Getnet & Tizita Hagere
Language: Ethiopian
Produced by Mehret Mandefro , Leelai Demoz & Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
Meaza Ashenafi is a young lawyer who operates under the government's radar helping women and children in Ethiopia until one young girl's legal case exposes everything, threatening not only her career but her survival.
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