![]() ![]() When Awet’s father Haile (Samuel Semere) unexpectedly calls her home, a nun gives her an image of the Virgin Mary and a Sacred Heart, or “Heart of Fire.”Īwet’s father soon hands her and her older sister Freweyni (Solomie Micael) over to the Eritrean Liberation Front, known as the Jebha. Ten-year-old Awet (Letekidan Micael) is in an orphanage run by Italian and Eritrean nuns who teach the headstrong girl about the strength that comes from dignified pride. In 1981, Eritrea is still wracked by civil war. Lawsuits have been threatened, though it’s unlikely to stop pic’s sales, since everyone involved carefully reinforces the notion that the movie is not a faithful reproduction of the memoir. Controversy continues to plague both book and film, pitting Mehari’s supporters against those who deny Eritrean rebels ever used child soldiers. ![]()
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