Ava’s first visit to the gynecologist with her mother is a traumatic experience for the 16-year-old young girl. Trauma gives way to anger when Ava discovers her mother’s dishonesty and learn of the rules she broke, when she was the age Ava is now. Bewildered and enraged, Ava attempts and fails suicide at school. To avoid being expelled, she accepts a deal to snitch on her classmates, but a guilty conscience is a heavy burden. Misunderstood by her parents and tormented by school, Ava decides on a third way forward.
Ava
2017
14 years
103 min.
Fiction
Iran, Canada, Qatar
adolescence, parenthood
Colorido
Sadaf Foroughi
Sadaf Foroughi
Sina Kermanizadeh
Kiarash Anvari
Mahour Jabbari, Bahar Noohian, Vahid Aghapour, Shayesteh Sajadi, Leili Rashidi
Sadaf Foroughi, Kiarash Anvari
Sweet Delight Pictures
Sweet Delight Pictures
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