Two years after the return of the Taliban to power, Rai Gulp presents the animated film “Tales of Parwana” as a sign of closeness to the many Afghan girls who have lost all space of freedom and must fight alone for their future. Meeting on Sunday, August 13 at 21:05 on channel 42. The opera, which is also available on RaiPlay, will be shown again on Saturday, August 19 at 14:35. The 2017 film, released in Italy in 2019, is based on Deborah Ellis’s bestseller “Sotto il burqa” and is highly coveted by producer Angelina Jolie and the makers of the Oscar-nominated films “The Secret of Kells” and “Song of the Sea”, tells the story of an eleven-year-old girl, who lives with her family in a single room in a small apartment building in war-torn Kabul, Afghanistan in the early 2000s. Her father works at the street market, reading and writing letters for those that I can’t do. He is a man who uses books to educate people without any gender differences, but this is unthinkable in a society where women are forbidden to work and leave the house alone and without a veil on their heads, so one day it ends with an arrest. . Parwana then decides to dress up as a boy to help her family and find out if her father is still alive. Drawing strength from the stories she heard from him, she discovers great determination in herself and risks her life to save him.
“Tales of Parvana” is a fascinating film: the sharpness of the narrative is immediately felt, which fascinates and excites. Along with the actions of the main character, the center of the scene is always the power of culture – sometimes just the ability to read and write – which her father passed on to her with his stories, sowing the seeds of awareness, nurturing empathy. and caring, leaving room for personal growth in freedom and respect for oneself and others. This film for young people and families is a beautiful story of empowerment and female imagination in the face of a culture of oppression.