A Czech woman married into a working-class Afghan family provides a nuanced perspective on life in Kabul in the interregnum between Taliban rule in the animated drama “My Sunny Maad,” from helmer-a…
A Czech woman married into a working-class Afghan family provides a nuanced perspective on life in Kabul in the interregnum between Taliban rule in the animated drama “My Sunny Maad,” from director Michaela Pavlátová. Based on a novel by the Czech investigative journalist Petra Procházková, it sensitively portrays the complex environment of Kabul in the second decade of the 21st century.
While Herra wholeheartedly tries to assimilate into her new extended family, cultural differences frequently impinge on her relationship with her husband. Pavlátová’s witty drawings neatly encapsulate various situations, from the problem Herra’s lack of virginity poses in this honor culture to Herra’s feelings of standing out as a Western woman in spite of being under the burqa.
When Nazir finally finds work with an American NGO, albeit for his skills as a driver rather than as a trained economist, it changes the fate of his family in ways few could predict. The multi-lingual Herra is also recruited to help with their women’s programs, a position with more status than Nazir’s, and which requires her to speak to and sometimes be alone with men.
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