You Will Be Free (2026)
Afghanistan, Spring 2002 — Following the fall of the taliban regime, the country faces extreme poverty. To feed his family, a father is forced to sell his 15-year-old daughter to a 65-year-old man. Refusing to accept this fate for her child, the mother, determined to give her a brighter future, arranges a marriage with a man living in Montreal. In return, she makes a solemn promise: the children born of this union will one day marry their cousins remaining in Afghanistan. Montreal, Spring 2020 — The pact resurfaces. Now well integrated into Quebec society, Zarmina refuses to let her 15-year-old daughter marry her cousin in Afghanistan. Her firm opposition triggers a tragic chain of events.
Director: Bachir Bensaddek
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Wazhma Bahar as Zarmina Latif |
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Julie Le Breton as Nancy Fortin |
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Firuz Ali Nazar as Wahid Latif |
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Saba Vahedyousefi as Marwa Latif |
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Saboor Sahak as Hakim Latif |
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Paeman Arianfar as Adbullah Latif |
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Arezoo Ariapoor as Salima Latif |
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Sophie Cadieux as Directrice d'école |
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Guillaume Cyr as Policier |
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Effie Demetriou as Jeune Zarmina |
| Directing | Bachir Bensaddek | Director |
| Writing | Marie Vien | Writer |
| Production | Valérie d'Auteuil | Producer |
| Production | Maxime Lévesque | Casting |
| Camera | Claudine Sauvé | Director of Photography |
| Art | Yola Van Leeuwenkamp | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Simonetta Mariano | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Guillaume Laflamme | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fanny Vachon | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ann-Louise Landry | Hairdresser |
| Sound | Stéphane Barsalou | Sound |
| Sound | Pierre-Jules Audet | Sound |
| Sound | Gavin Fernandes | Sound |
| Editing | Richard Comeau | Editor |
| Editing | Yvann Thibaudeau | Editor |
| Sound | Catherine Major | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Marie-Claire Lalonde | Delegated Producer |
| Production | André Rouleau | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sahraa Karimi | Executive Producer |
