When You Hear the Bells (2016)

In Afghanistan, "batchas" are young male prostitutes who live under the protection of a master in a house where they are trained to dance dressed as girls for a men's audience. Veteran dancer Saman starts worrying when he sees Bijane, the new recruit, who has been chosen to replace him. Despite his jealousy, he must initiate Bijane into the art of the Batcha dancing.

Released

2016-01-24

Genres

Drama

Runtime

26 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Chabname Zariab, Chabname Zariab

TMDB rating

7.2/10 from 6 votes