When She Hears the Bells

Afghanistan, summer 2021. As the Taliban gradually seize control of the country, Leila, a young widow, arrives in Kabul. She begins working in a kitchen that she discovers is part of a Bacha Bazi house. Very young, androgynous boys there dance dressed as women before audiences of men. She meets Tamim, a Bacha whom she decides to help. She will try to save other young boys and leave the country before the city falls.

Cast

Golshifteh Farahani

Leila

Rohed Khan

Milad

Sayed Hashimi

Mahmood

Azizullah Hamrah

Haji

Zobair Padash

Imam Rahman

Forouzan Jamshidnejad

Fazila

Venus Nazari

Roya

Fatima Tawakkuli

Marie