Details:

Director: Solomon Bekele Weya
Country: Ethiopia
Year: 1992
Language:  
Runtime: 120 minutes
Cast:

 

 

Schedule:
November 7
Category:
Ethiopian Heritage

    Aster

Set in the intensely feudal society of 1960`s Ethiopia, Aster, a young rural girl who came to Addis Ababa for medical treatment, is forced into marriage by her doctor who abused her in the course of the medical treatment.

Aster tells her story of tribulation to a sympathetic friend who has come to dinner and who stays on after Aster’s husband has driven off into the night to enjoy himself after having beaten their children immoderately.

"Shining a light on Ethiopia’s hidden domestic issues."