Easy Lessons (2018)
Overview
Kafia, a young girl on the brink of adulthood, has to leave behind a lot of what defined her Somalian life as she tries to adapt to her new existence in Hungary. As the family’s cultural values and taboos start to fall apart, Kafia tries to explain and make sense of all these changes to her mother left behind.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.811 |
Directed By
Dorottya Zurbo
Crew
Julianna Ugrin
Rudolf Várhegyi
Péter Sass
Natasha Pavlovskaya
Adam Balazs
Dorottya Zurbo
TOP CAST
Kafiya Said Mahdi
Herself
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