Girls of the Sun

Feb 14, 2018

1h 51m

★ 7.0

Women. Life. Liberty.

Overview

Bahar, the commanding officer of the Daughters of the Sun, a battalion made up entirely of Kurdish female soldiers, is on the cusp of liberating their town, which has been overrun by ISIS extremists.

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

Wild Bunch

Bord Cadre Films

Arches Films

20 Steps Productions

Maneki Films

Girls of the Sun Trailers

Cast

Bahar

Golshifteh Farahani

Mathilde

Emmanuelle Bercot

Lamia

Zübeyde Bulut

Dahlia

Behi Djanati Atai

Berivan

Evin Ahmad

Tiresh

Erol Afşin

Man in Black

Arabi Ghibeh

Commandant Zirek

Zirek

Kakha Kupatadze

Fahmi Guerbaa

Ivan Anderson

Nofa

Nia Mirianashvili

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