Due to immense popular demand, Love Child has been extended until February 26.
An intimately filmed, epic love story introduces Leila and Sahand at the start of a turbulent five-year period beginning with their escape from Iran where, while married to other people, they fell in love. Since adultery is punishable by death, and divorce forbidden, they run for their lives and start over again as a family in Turkey with their young son, Mani, who doesn’t yet know that Sahand is his biological father. Suddenly living together in a strange new land, battling tightening asylum laws to find security after years in limbo, they are learning more about each other in the toughest of circumstances and facing hurdles that test the strength of their relationship.
Courtesy of The Impact Series
In Azerbaijani, English, Farsi and Turkish with English subtitles
Stay tuned following the screening for a special message from film director, Eva Mulvad.
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Human Rights Watch is grateful for the support of our community partners: Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, Hart House, and Women in Film and Television Toronto.
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