Cinema Jazireh
A bereaved Afghan mother adopts a new identity and risks everything to recover the son she has lost.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- harrowing
- tense
- bleak
- focused evening viewing
- political drama night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Leila changes her identity after surviving her family's massacre so she can continue searching for Omid.
Leila's journey is explicitly shaped by the reduction of women to social powerlessness in Afghanistan.
The central objective is Leila's dangerous attempt to find her son after the destruction of her family.
The Romanian, Bulgarian, Iranian, and Turkish production context frames an Afghan story through international filmmaking perspectives.
Films like Cinema Jazireh, and why
The Breadwinner
shares a female-centered survival drama shaped by gender oppression and the search for family in Afghanistan
Persepolis
shares an intimate coming-of-age and survival perspective on female identity under restrictive social systems
Mustang
shares bleak, emotionally intense drama about women confronting patriarchal control and constrained choices
Movie Details
- Director
- Gözde Kural
- Release Date
- 2025-07-10
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rating
- 4.2 / 10 (2)
Cast
- Fereshteh Hosseini
- Mazlum Sümer
- Ali Karimi
- Hamid Karimi
- Meysam Damanzeh
- Reza Akhlaghirad
Common questions
- What is Cinema Jazireh about?
- A bereaved Afghan mother adopts a new identity and risks everything to recover the son she has lost.
- What is Cinema Jazireh like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Cinema Jazireh as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Cinema Jazireh violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Cinema Jazireh as moderate.
- Which films are like Cinema Jazireh?
- Films with a similar feel include The Breadwinner, Persepolis, and Mustang.
- How long is Cinema Jazireh?
- Cinema Jazireh runs 129 minutes.
