A WOMAN IN KABUL, 1920S - 1960S

UNE FRANÇAISE À KABOUL, L'AVENTURE D'UNE VIE

FIPADOC - INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, BIARRITZ - as FEST

Documentary - Completed 2023

Summer 1927, love at first sight in Saint-Malo. Elisabeth, a young woman from Brittany, marries the cousin of the King of Afghanistan. As the couple travels to Kabul, the progressive king is overthrown. Afghan women lose their newly acquired rights. Elisabeth fights for their emancipation.

Festivals
& Awards

FIPADOC 2024
Competition - French Documentary
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • FRANCE
    • Languages
    • FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 54 mn
    • Synopsis
    • Summer 1927, love at first sight in Saint-Malo. Elisabeth, a young woman from Brittany, marries the cousin of the King of Afghanistan. As the couple travels to Kabul, the progressive king is overthrown. Afghan women lose their newly acquired rights. Elisabeth fights for their emancipation.