Girls of the Sun

Bahar, the commanding officer of the Daughters of the Sun, a battalion made up entirely of Kurdish female soldiers, is on the cusp of liberating their town, which has been overrun by ISIS extremists.

Cast

Golshifteh Farahani

as Bahar

Emmanuelle Bercot

as Mathilde

Zübeyde Bulut

as Lamia

Behi Djanati Atai

as Dahlia

Evin Ahmad

as Berivan

Erol Afşin

as Tiresh

Arabi Ghibeh

as Man in Black

Zirek

as Commandant Zirek

Kakha Kupatadze

Fahmi Guerbaa

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