No Good Men - Expat Cinema Rotterdam

Kabul Jan
Shahrbanoo Sadat

Afghanistan, 2021, shortly before the Taliban return to power. Naru, the only female camerawoman at Kabul’s leading television station, is trying to retain custody of her three-year-old son. Ever since she left her unfaithful husband, she—like most Afghan women—has become convinced that there are no good men in her country. That’s why Naru is surprised when Qodrat, Kabul TV’s top journalist, offers her a career opportunity. As they crisscross the city together to report on the last days of freedom, sparks fly between them, and Naru begins to doubt her conviction. Could there be a good man out there after all? Director, screenwriter, and lead actress Shahrbanoo Sadat aims to present a different, more authentic picture of Afghanistan in No Good Men, infused with humor and romance. No Good Men opened the most recent Berlin Film Festival.

wo 23 sep
  • 19:00
Kaarten
vanaf € 10
  • filmspecial
Duitsland, Denemarken, Afghanistan
2026
103’
Dari, Pashtu gesproken
Engels ondertiteld

Afghanistan, 2021, shortly before the Taliban return to power. Naru, the only female camerawoman at Kabul’s leading television station, is trying to retain custody of her three-year-old son. Ever since she left her unfaithful husband, she—like most Afghan women—has become convinced that there are no good men in her country. That’s why Naru is surprised when Qodrat, Kabul TV’s top journalist, offers her a career opportunity. As they crisscross the city together to report on the last days of freedom, sparks fly between them, and Naru begins to doubt her conviction. Could there be a good man out there after all? Director, screenwriter, and lead actress Shahrbanoo Sadat aims to present a different, more authentic picture of Afghanistan in No Good Men, infused with humor and romance. No Good Men opened the most recent Berlin Film Festival.