Overview
When Jina a Kurdish poet escapes her oppressive homeland in Western Iran, she takes her beloved’s birthday gift – “Girl with the Pearl Earring” translated into Farsi – with her on a journey to seek political asylum in Australia. Chancing upon a community library, the invitation to ‘take a book, leave a book’ forges a poignant connection between her new landscape and the home she has left behind.
Cast
- Josephine Eberhard as Jina
- Sara Afshar as Fatima
- Serge De Nardo as Artist
- Francesca Whetter as Young Jina
- Yama Atef as Jivan
- Maryam Babaali as Jina's Voice
- Zenab Saad as Young Woman at Library
- Clancy Smith as Boat Captain