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Afghan Director Shahrbanoo Sadat Secures German Backing for ‘No Good Men,’ Romantic Comedy Set Before Fall of Kabul (EXCLUSIVE)
Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat, who won the top prize at Cannes' Directors' Fortnight in 2016, is set to begin shooting her fourth film.
Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat has secured German financing for “No Good Men,” with Berlin-based Amerikafilm joining the director’s long-gestating romantic comedy set inside a Kabul newsroom during the democratic era, before the Taliban returned to power in 2021. The first romcom from an Afghan filmmaker “No Good Men” tells the story of a young camerawoman (played by Ghawgha Taban) who falls for a married TV reporter (Mohammed Anwar Hashimi) twice her age after discovering her husband has been cheating on her. While forbidden love simmers inside the newsroom, the film also portrays the often-dangerous work of reporters in Kabul along with the absurdities of daily life in the city at that time.
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