The letter in Farsi (Dari) reads: Hope you are having a good time in London and may all your dreams come true. I hope you won’t forget the good times we had together. Do you remember we sometimes secretly went to Uncle Abdul’s orchard and picked his apples. Hope the apples in London are as delicious as those in Afghanistan so when you eat them they remind you of the delicious apples in Uncle Abdul’s orchard. Hope I remain in your thoughts. Your little sister Noor
I just love how that other lady helps her out when she didn’t know how to use the chop sticks .... it’s so beautiful, it shows you don’t need to know someone to be nice to them ❤️❤️❤️
It's typical London! People are very nice there to each other. And of course old Japanese lady might remember how alien she once felt in a new culture.
Rina Querida I mean, she made a point about wearing her hijab because SHE wanted to, similarly to how some may want to express themselves with “fake” beauty because THEY want to...
@S Han You're not wrong. I see her face and guessed she's Chinese too. And apparently, she is. Lucy Sheen may portray a Japanese lady here, but she is actually British- Chinese. And I love her scene here too
@@UKDhanush we judging lady by what food she is eating but remember that chinese also can eat japnese food. we have to run all the probability. dont mine, its human nature
I had a suspicious she were Iranian. She looks very persian. Afghani girl is a bit darker in their skin color, while Iranian Kurd and Fars are very similar. Very hard to differentiate between them.
@@zirak93-2 I have to disagree with you,living in hard conditions darkens the skin. We have all shade of skin color here in iran. From beautiful dark black to white as snow. I don't know if Afghans have black people like us but the thing is we have so many different races of people here in iran and Afghanistan you can't really say iranians are this color Afghans are that colour... We are rainbow nations. Beautiful colorful people is what we are
Well you were never in her shoes. If she breaks up with him, she'll have to go back Afghanistan, and marry someone show doesn't even asks for her permission. That's why she chose him in the first place. The boy on the other hand is already troubled by a breakup. He's emotional. Yet he's trying. And that's what matters to her. Back home in Afghanistan, she didn't meet anyone who even tried. Also there's cultural differences. You believe in knowing nearly everything about someone, being in a relationship with her and then suddenly you have to marry someone else, it's difficult to accept and go through it. The boy's gone through all that. Arranged marriage is a foreign concept to him. It's not a foreign concept for the girl. Both are new to certain aspects here.
@@bobsvagene3021 it gets to subjectivity at this point. Personally, I'm a sucker for arabian/persian girls. I really find them very beautiful and simplistic. Some people like italians, some like czech girls, some like latinas, some asians... It's basically just subjective.
Its true. I turned 16-17 and proposals started to come. My parents give me four choices out of 22. I selected one. Got engaged for 5 years. Finished my university turned 22. Got married. The end!
Although the video is pretty boring but it expressed a often forgotten ugly truth of human psychology .................." when you've too many options, we don't know what you want anymore"
True...so many options confuses us but it also give me a personal chance and many to jump and explore God's world. In so many ways with so many endings that it becomes amazingly exciting and mind-blowing awesome. It teaches me something nobody has ever said before ...like so new
@@youtubetv775 I like too many options definitely. But I don't have to date a girl to know what's her personality. I know exactly what will match up with me but for that I need to find that unique one. But without knowing a lot of girls I can't find the one looking for. That's why I'm saying I need to meet a lot of people. But that's not possible. I will never find my one so I'm gonna die single..... But that's just me. I'm different I guess.
there are many ways to be lonely. People in other cultures are just as lonely, in their own way. By the way, I am not lonely at all. I am a gay boy and at least in Europe, I have the right to love whoever I want. I'd not only be lonely in other cultures, but I'd also be condemned.
"Can we start again" ..........Life doesn't give second chance to everyone. Those are lucky who get second chance. RUMI Says, "Life is balance of holding on and letting go"
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Hah I guess that's exactly what she said to him at the end... He Screwed Up 😂 big time..
Omg this was so beautiful! She acted so well, I had tears in my eyes and watched it over and over when she said "yes" to missing her family and country. It was so relatable!! I love how confident and sure of herself she is! She is ready to grow and accept her new culture and way of life but also fight for what she believes in. She is such a leader of her life! People think Muslim women are passive and becharis, but they are intelligent and strong, they know what's good for them and what's bad, they make their decisions knowing they might have to go through it alone.
I don't understand.. people think that Muslim women are passive and becharis (poor things?) Who thinks this? How do you know that? And if one woman is.. is she automatically unintelligent and weak because of that ? I have my doubts about that line of thinking. First of all not all woman are the same although you may think that I don't know, perhaps not. My take away from this clip is that of a character that is making the best of her situation. It's a more interesting story than many I've seen before.. probably a lot closer to the truth for some poeple.
WOW! This was amazing. I'm Afghan, it's very rare that I get to see an actual movie, albeit a short one, about our culture or people that's displayed so beautifully. At the most I see Iranian stuff, which I don't mind at all of course! But I can't understand Farsi as well as I understand Dari. Without being in Afghanistan or around Afghans, I hear my mothertongue spoken very little. I'm very grateful that this video even exists. edit: a lot of people are complaining about the accent but I do hear born and raised Afghans speak with this accent occasionally, especially by women on the news. (Because it sounds more sophisticated to the Afghan public I guess?) I don't think the actress's accent is a big deal, or even a problem. I understood what she was saying just fine.
@@Ceibhfhionn They do! It's very noticeable. I often hear the woman's accent in Iranian works but I've also met many Afghans that speak with her accent. But if I were to watch an Afghan reality show, there would def be both accents present. So I don't want to say that the man's accent is much softer because he probably grew up in a different country; it could very well be that he never lost his accent and that's how he's always spoken Persian.
Interesting. What language are they speaking here exactly? Dari or Persian? Also Samira's real name sound Iranian to me, or is it just another name in Afghanistan?
@@dingdong1519 the girl is an Iranian actress and has an Iranian accent or dialect while the guy is Afghan . They are actually speaking Dari . The girl is trying to conceal her Iranian accent but you can hear the difference
@@asaln3197 Afsaneh Dehrouyeh was born and raised in Gloucestershire, England to Iranian parents. That is why she has an accent but she speaks Dari better than a lot of people.
@@fakhrulislam7865 Porasuna korle tobe toh Bujhte parbe ki bolche..baler moton Garer gorae Quran nie pore thakle ar sikhbe ?? porasuna tao chalate hoe... SOUND ENGINEER er kotha bolche...
@Hamid Hussein Perhaps, more like 3-400 years, but from what I've read of Afghanistan, if they aren't battling a superpower, they are battling each other.
@@helloworld4284 Well before that it was soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but before that they had a lot pf problems between ethnic groups. Problems for Afghanistan really started after the rise of Islamic radicalism.
"i dont know what i am doing but i am here with you and you are here with me" these are the words everyone is waiting to listen no matter men or women.
Well the description says it's their first date. And they've already spoken on the phone. But yeah, she wouldn't fly all the way to London just to go on a date and check him out. She's there to marry him unless she decides he's some kind of psychopath.
I watched this short film when it was released two years ago on Omeleto and I fell in love with it instantly. Coming back to it today, with these conflicts rising again, breaks my heart.
I am a native Hindi speaker and heritage speaker of Sanskrit. It really surprised me that I could understand many of their words correctly such as 'Char Hazaar' which means ' Four thousand', ' Begaana' which means 'stranger' etc😊
Perhaps you would know that Hindi is not a language with it's own script. It's an amalgamation of Sanskrit, Urdu, Farsi and many others. Khwab, Khanjar, Khatarnak, Khamosh, Khush are all borrowed from ancient Persian (Farsi from which the Parsis got their name) people from Persia who spoke Farsi and it's close cousin Dari in Afghanistan. Urdu borrows heavily from both these languages. Cultures don't have borders. Only people do. Peace ✌️ ☮️
@@mecss8910 not always, I have seen girls wearing hijab since childhood buy when they grow old they tak3 it off, i myself started cov3ring my head aft3r the age of 23 and dont feel like taking it off. Its what you choose
Khan La , I am a Photography and tell you there was nothing simple about her look's , It is few's layers of makeup on her face, but I do agree she is beautiful, I meet lot's of models looking like her, essespeccilly from east asian region.
For those who are curious about the language, it’s Farsi but with different dialects. The actress is actually from Iran so she speaks with a little Iranian accent but the actor is from Afghanistan so he speaks in Farsi Dari. The languages are the same!
Everytime I watch something about Afgan, My mind be like : " One cannot count the moon that shimmer on her roof or the thousand splendid sun that hide behind her walls " & " For you a thousand times "
Do u ppl only understand the matters of heart? There are so many geo-political problems with cross culturing. I won't lecture this on u, but u already know what I mean.
You're assuming that the Asian woman is an immigrant to the U.K. There is no explicit evidence of this, but yeah...She was far more observant and caring than even her soon-to-be husband. Really, she's been in town a week... Sushi? Erhm...OK. \
@@user-gf5dr5nq6l nah nah dont try to mess with Indians,he didn't spread hate he just conveying something, don't drag country,if we start dragging ur country u might cant control ur eyes and want to stop looking at the replies
@AG 2021 What's your point? Isn't the modesty something we should all seek? btw this feeling to be modest is imprinted in our natural inclination as human, we like to cover ourselves as" males and females", so her parent did a great job by just boosting this primitive feeling of their child!. The question now is how could we determine objectively what are modest clothes? For me I would answer this question there is no way except by a revelation coming from the Creator who knows his creation better than themselves.
@@anjitapandey3513because she may be forced to wear a Hijab in her country for all you know! For millions of woman hijab or burkha or chadar is not a choice but a tenet forced on them by their religion/ culture.
A Filipino & cinematographer here, as well who worked and lived in Kabul for 8 years. How you produced it, seeing and hearing this short/dialogue brings back beautiful memories of the culture, changes, and attitude of our Afghan nationalities. Though I haven't been to London I enjoyed its familiarity watching this film. The Joke and ending dialogue, Ooooh Well Done!
I reluctantly started watching this because it came up my recommendations, bracing myself for the usual stereotypes, but I was pleasantly surprised. Thank you very much for proving me wrong, and for this beautiful and realistic portrayal of one facet of Afghan lives. I appreciate it. Thank you for the writing team as well.
"Where I come from we don't always get a choice." That's sad. I wish strength for all women. Avoid oppressive relationships, regardless if they are in the middle east or elsewhere.
I am pashto spent 26 years in an arranged marriage which I had no choice. He don't love me but for the sake of our families I have to be the dutiful wife. Its common practice
@@hinasofy229 truthfully, I just feel like I am born to serve a purpose and that is to be a dutiful wife to him. Nothing about my happiness or what I want. I am doing what makes my family honour kept and what God wants. Even getting a friend appears sinful. In one word not happy but morally I think I feel I am doing the right thing
The letter in Dari reads: Hope you are having a good time in London and may all your dreams come true. I hope you won’t forget the good times we had together. Do you remember we sometimes secretly went to Uncle Abdul’s orchard and picked his apples. Hope the apples in London are as delicious as those in Afghanistan so when you eat them they remind you of the delicious apples in Uncle Abdul’s orchard. Hope I remain in your thoughts. Your little sister Noor
@@DanaAlBasha ,masha Allah...we strongly support your cause against Israilis.We do dua for you. Well, my ancestors are Afghans and we are settled in India since 1857. Dana Al Basha, is this your real name ??
@@sistersisil it was based on the joke the guy said earlier - 'two fish in a tank, and one of the fish asks the other who is driving the tank'. Its a play on words on 'tank: (fish tank or tank as in war). When she quotes the tank, she is asking who is driving the tank, as in who will drive the relationship etc.
If you view it from a western/European perspective-yes, I agree with you. But from the eyes of a culture that practices arranged marriages, this first encounter where they decide to make a serious commitment to marriage-it is quite a different matter. This isn't a 'date', and there will not be years of going back and forth and working out relationship. This marriage is already in the works between the two families.
I had the pleasure of knowing a Pushtun family, and their Afghan friends. The women were exceptionally good looking, wildly sarcastic and very, very funny. The kids were wild and insanely cute. The kind of kids you have to watch every single second, or they'll end up, quite innocently burning the house down.
young girls can be picky and high maintenance not girls who age and have hit the wall. the above one in real life will die a spinster if she maintains that charade like she is a beauty queen
Loved the upclose shots of her eyes and lips - so much emotion without saying a word. And that line about having so many ways to find people, yet still being lonely...really hits you. Dating nowadays can be so disappointing and loving someone such a sad experience.
I just love this so much... I am a brazilian immigrant based in the UK, all my family and friends stayed in my home country, and I feel here, I feel her emotions around leave everything behind to get a better life... its hard 💜
This was literally the most beautiful video I have ever watched on TH-cam! The conversation, sometimes the silence, so simple yet so beautiful. A very honest and true relationship. A beautiful new start for both of them. The respect between them is the most beautiful thing that can be between two people. A kind of a relationship that everyone imagine of, I believe!
@Darinda Modi Are you talking about THE TIME when we ruled you..?? well i don't see europe in misery after world war 1 AND 2..you were weak at that time and we were strong... that is how the past was.. No hard feelings bro..... and we Pakhtoons have been exploited in the name of ISLAM ... its like our Dark ages.. We will survive,,,,,,
We Indians are with Afghan brothers, don't care about some dickhead peoples. I have seen many Afghan stand shoulder to shoulder with Indians when any attacks happen in India. I wish peace in afghan
@@manishmate9991 well , to be honest we pashtuns , Punjabi, Sindhi, Balochistan, saraiki, Bihari,Rajput's,Tamils,banglas, and many more were all one people... We still are fighting , and that's how the brits wanted it to be....Peace to everyone..
How can a piece of art be both so poignant and life-affirming at the same time? I loved this short film. The Dari (Farsi) just made it that much more enjoyable to watch, it is such a beautiful language!
Had me captivated right from the start, the language is so pleasant to the ears I think it's farsi (correct me if I'm wrong). Great work love from India.
Hmmm i don't see anything strange here , you can visit muslim countries ( except saudia arabia sorry ) and you'll see women in all fields , directing , leading , entrepreneurs ...
The letter in Farsi (Dari) reads:
Hope you are having a good time in London and may all your dreams come true. I hope you won’t forget the good times we had together. Do you remember we sometimes secretly went to Uncle Abdul’s orchard and picked his apples. Hope the apples in London are as delicious as those in Afghanistan so when you eat them they remind you of the delicious apples in Uncle Abdul’s orchard. Hope I remain in your thoughts.
Your little sister
Noor
Wow, thank you! :)
Thanku, shukriya for this effort
it's just sadder that she had to leave now :(
I too wanted it to be translated, thx for sharing it.
thank you
I love how she is confident of who she is, where she comes from, and stands her ground when the guy tries to put her down.
Exactly
Yes bro, perfect
Trust me Afghan women in urban areas in Afghanistan always rules the house but in rural areas it is the otherway around
And the fish in the aquarium is watching everything.
The guy didn't try to put her down though.
I just love how that other lady helps her out when she didn’t know how to use the chop sticks .... it’s so beautiful, it shows you don’t need to know someone to be nice to them ❤️❤️❤️
Jeanette M awweeee
Jenette M just saw ur reply .... but I feel like it’s a beautiful memory you should cherish, something someone kind did for you 😊
❤❤❤
That scene made my heart sing!
It's typical London! People are very nice there to each other. And of course old Japanese lady might remember how alien she once felt in a new culture.
She behaves like a queen, wise with a strong big heart. This short film is quite refreshing!
Beautiful story. No fancy clothes, nor false hair, nails, or lashes, her beauty speaks for itself! Beautiful lady!
Rina Querida I mean, she made a point about wearing her hijab because SHE wanted to, similarly to how some may want to express themselves with “fake” beauty because THEY want to...
I'm sure U're a Beautiful lady Rina
Nothing wrong with the stuff you listed though. Don't bring down others to lift somebody else up.
I wish this type of lady....
@@crazyman1842 I have this type of lady in my Bed 😉
I loved that intercultural acceptance/understanding scene with the Chinese lady :) excellent.
Japanese most probably
Korean
Me too
she was good lady.
Yes!
THE WAY SHE LOOKS STRAIGHT IN HIS EYES .
*his
Exactly! Lot of the times people don't like it because it scares them - only honest people look in the eyes this way and many are not used to honesty
not really, people who are calm inside and feel confident of their friendliness@@mariafekete6540
@@MegaBaddog well, not everyone feels the same way
rubbish assertion.@@mariafekete6540
The name "Noor" reminds me of A thousand splendid suns, ohh how devastatingly beautiful that story is
Oh my god! I love that 📖. That, And The Mountains Echoed and The Kite Runner. Khaled Hosseini is a great storyteller ♥
our Allah is Noor ... so think how beautiful would be our Allah The Creator of all creations ... Subhan Allah Subhan Allah Ma Shaa Allah.
It's heartbreaking yet beautiful
My name is noor
@@pooja350 only read a thousand splendid suns
it was epic, my God
ama try to read the others
The moment she leaves the stick and eats with her hand is amazing.....love it...
In Japanese culture sushi is a finger food, British just thought everything was to be eaten with chopsticks.
Indian im always eat with hand
and the woman responding her eating with her fingers, fantastic
@@lightofmylife1120 so are chopsticks only for noodles?
Here (im arab lol) we eat sushi with hands most of times chopsticks are overrated😂
Her exchange with the Chinese lady was the purest thing I've seen today. My heart ♥️
yes
Did you just assume her nationality?
Sartaj singh Ahuja its called acting
kaff _ nunya
Muslim women for the most part are cold, this would never happen in real life.
"In Europe, there are many ways to find someone, but still we're lonely".
I FELT THAT DEEP.....
Also, one can feel lonely marrying a stranger
@@AnnaIsHere what are u trying 2 hint at?
@@SD-vy9ek Big choice or small choice can both lead to loneliness. The mechanisms are different, but the result is nearly the same.
“We have so many ways to find someone. But we’re still lonely.”
that was real. I think the problem is that we have too many options
Trust me having No ways or choices is not the coolest thing either :)
because they are still picking up calls when they have someone in front of them. Idiots, they all are.
Selection Paradox
*In Europe
the chinese woman was so nice. we need more people like her
Japanese* (Thanks to the end card).
@S Han You're not wrong. I see her face and guessed she's Chinese too. And apparently, she is. Lucy Sheen may portray a Japanese lady here, but she is actually British- Chinese. And I love her scene here too
Yes sushi is Japanese food
@@UKDhanush we judging lady by what food she is eating but remember that chinese also can eat japnese food. we have to run all the probability. dont mine, its human nature
You say asian not chinese. That is rude. It is like saying a mexican to a salvodorean. I am biracial btw.
The lead actress is Afsaneh Dehrouyeh. She is British-Iranian. Her acting skills are amazing. She lives each moment
Thank you, I was scouring the comments to look for this!!
@@thanzi she is iranian? OMG her Afghan accent was on point
peggy M ye that’s what I thought. By the way, Everton are scared of us bro. It actually annoys me soo much
I had a suspicious she were Iranian. She looks very persian. Afghani girl is a bit darker in their skin color, while Iranian Kurd and Fars are very similar. Very hard to differentiate between them.
@@zirak93-2 I have to disagree with you,living in hard conditions darkens the skin. We have all shade of skin color here in iran. From beautiful dark black to white as snow. I don't know if Afghans have black people like us but the thing is we have so many different races of people here in iran and Afghanistan you can't really say iranians are this color Afghans are that colour... We are rainbow nations.
Beautiful colorful people is what we are
Well you were never in her shoes. If she breaks up with him, she'll have to go back Afghanistan, and marry someone show doesn't even asks for her permission. That's why she chose him in the first place.
The boy on the other hand is already troubled by a breakup. He's emotional. Yet he's trying. And that's what matters to her. Back home in Afghanistan, she didn't meet anyone who even tried.
Also there's cultural differences. You believe in knowing nearly everything about someone, being in a relationship with her and then suddenly you have to marry someone else, it's difficult to accept and go through it. The boy's gone through all that. Arranged marriage is a foreign concept to him. It's not a foreign concept for the girl.
Both are new to certain aspects here.
Yes .....such an underrated comment
Beautiful explanation
So well explained
Very well put
Azhar Shaik my son did same did not work out very sorry they got hurt 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
oh my god, that silent conversation across the table with that woman was so cute, i am gushing :D :P
I loved it too
Me tooooo
ش حسين I loved it too❤️
I knoooowww ❤️
1000 th like
i cant take my eyes of her! she's absolutely beautiful
And you're not?
@@sozibrahman8504 woah
Hey.....I think you're beautiful too. You're being harsh on yourself for no reason.
@@sozibrahman8504 lol
@muz nusrath hey. I meant you too
This woman is honestly breathtaking, she is so beautiful.
Literally exactly my thoughts after watching this. She's actually so beautiful, and that accent...ooh!
Shes very average looking
@@bobsvagene3021 it gets to subjectivity at this point. Personally, I'm a sucker for arabian/persian girls. I really find them very beautiful and simplistic. Some people like italians, some like czech girls, some like latinas, some asians... It's basically just subjective.
@@mcr0741 and I am a self proclaimed horn dog..... I like them all..
Persian, iranic women are beautiful
""You gave me the choice to say no i'm from girls who dont always get that choice ""
It hit me hard bc i'm one of them
She has a beautiful soul
Its true. I turned 16-17 and proposals started to come. My parents give me four choices out of 22. I selected one. Got engaged for 5 years. Finished my university turned 22. Got married. The end!
@@Ordinarydays wew
@@shriyathabe9441, a bit harsh to say "problem with." I'd say it's a problem for women of various backgrounds, and even then, surely not for all.
@@Vars010 yep agree
All my life I have had choice, but I'm still lonely.
"in Europe we have so many different ways to find someone, and yet we're lonely"
Shits getting real here.
Sadly it's so true
Although the video is pretty boring but it expressed a often forgotten ugly truth of human psychology .................." when you've too many options, we don't know what you want anymore"
True...so many options confuses us but it also give me a personal chance and many to jump and explore God's world. In so many ways with so many endings that it becomes amazingly exciting and mind-blowing awesome. It teaches me something nobody has ever said before ...like so new
@@youtubetv775 I like too many options definitely. But I don't have to date a girl to know what's her personality. I know exactly what will match up with me but for that I need to find that unique one. But without knowing a lot of girls I can't find the one looking for. That's why I'm saying I need to meet a lot of people. But that's not possible. I will never find my one so I'm gonna die single..... But that's just me. I'm different I guess.
It was at that moment that I wondered whether the movie theme was afghani style marriage or rather a critique of European dating.
there are many ways to be lonely. People in other cultures are just as lonely, in their own way. By the way, I am not lonely at all. I am a gay boy and at least in Europe, I have the right to love whoever I want. I'd not only be lonely in other cultures, but I'd also be condemned.
she's from Kabul... that's not a village.. that's the capital of Afghanistan
David khual Khual omg I was about to write it
I'm from South East Alabama and I know that.
ye DAWOOD I was listening to that part when I was reading ur comment
@@Arma-Ambush-Man ye but the thing is are you Muslim
She said she studied there. Not that her family was there. I might be wrong.
"Can we start again" ..........Life doesn't give second chance to everyone. Those are lucky who get second chance. RUMI Says, "Life is balance of holding on and letting go"
Hah I guess that's exactly what she said to him at the end...
He Screwed Up 😂 big time..
Omg I'm gonna quote rami's poem more from now on
@@dddila
He is not Rumi Actually he is Balkhi.
He appeared so sweet when he said it! He paid well attention to her bc she said it first .... a sweet not macho ridden with masculinity man
What a line! simply woww
She’s honestly one of the most beautiful people I’ve seen, I literally can’t take my eyes off her
Visually stunning and beautifully written. I especially enjoyed the silent exchange between Samira and the woman a few tables away. LOVE THIS!!
Thousand likes but no comments..... Wow
@@sozibrahman8504 lol
@@euphoriahulya3317 why laughing?
@@euphoriahulya3317 why laughing?
@@sozibrahman8504 I think the lol just means they liked your observation., not that they were laughing exactly.
"I dont wear this because i am told to, I choose to"
Yeah, well I was forced to.
@interesting. Male insecurity? Black burqa? I dont care to? Arent you being too judgemental?
@@fry5544 😢
interesting. Sorry not true. Most wear it because of their own choice. I am an example myself.
@@sidrahkausersyed7490 me too!
Omg this was so beautiful! She acted so well, I had tears in my eyes and watched it over and over when she said "yes" to missing her family and country. It was so relatable!!
I love how confident and sure of herself she is! She is ready to grow and accept her new culture and way of life but also fight for what she believes in. She is such a leader of her life!
People think Muslim women are passive and becharis, but they are intelligent and strong, they know what's good for them and what's bad, they make their decisions knowing they might have to go through it alone.
Where is your family?
OMG this really struck a nerve... I cried when she talked about missing her country and family.. It has been 9 years and one month for me..
S. M. So true that simple yes or balay had so much emotions in it.
I don't understand.. people think that Muslim women are passive and becharis (poor things?) Who thinks this? How do you know that? And if one woman is.. is she automatically unintelligent and weak because of that ? I have my doubts about that line of thinking. First of all not all woman are the same although you may think that I don't know, perhaps not. My take away from this clip is that of a character that is making the best of her situation. It's a more interesting story than many I've seen before.. probably a lot closer to the truth for some poeple.
Does anyone knows her name ??
Is no one gonna talk about how freaking gorgeous that girl is??!! 😍😍😍
Maybe it's the effect of the red headdress, but yes, I think she's strikingly beautiful.
@@bertilliozephyrsgate6196 That added to the beauty. She is a natural.
Me😂
True shes too gorgeous
@Heysel Blood What? She is a natural beauty, in my opinion. Sorry, but you have to find someone else to debate!
I would watch that movie in the cinema like her journey from the beginning
Movie name plz
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Yes
You can tell she speaks from the heart. She is an exceptional actress.
Listen, I need a whole movie.
Please
I scoured the comments section for this comment. It's a legitimate life/death need
It is short film
@@yashsinghrathore9615 noooo... You don't say.
Hahahahahahaha "Listen" so nuanced :)
This deserves a whole Nobel prize. With how they convey intercultural acceptance with no words spoken.
Noble prize is no joke
Nobel is not given on cinema. It’s for sciences and economics.
The chopstick scene is really heartwarming. :)
The actress is so cute and pretty !
Does anyone knows her name ??
Exactly.
@@attamirza2602 It's in the end credits. And also in the description.
First rule of cell phone etiquette: Turn it off and put it out of sight during dinner, a date, etc.
@TH-camrs fan And dj too That works too!
all menus are QR codes now... rip
As an Afghan, I say: It was great. I am glad you pictured an Afghan girl with her cultural custom. Nice story and it unique in its kind.
My lovely sentence was ( We have so many ways to find someone but we are still alone).
"I don't wear this because I am told to, I choose to". this is very beautiful. the girl is pretty and she acted very well.
yes she knows if she doesn't wear it she will be killed, so its an easy choice.
@@joshuavd5194 true.
@@joshuavd5194 Even though she is in England now?
@@Ingrid922 i thought she just went to England to meet. But if she lives in England full time I am sure she would be safe.
WOW! This was amazing. I'm Afghan, it's very rare that I get to see an actual movie, albeit a short one, about our culture or people that's displayed so beautifully. At the most I see Iranian stuff, which I don't mind at all of course! But I can't understand Farsi as well as I understand Dari. Without being in Afghanistan or around Afghans, I hear my mothertongue spoken very little. I'm very grateful that this video even exists.
edit: a lot of people are complaining about the accent but I do hear born and raised Afghans speak with this accent occasionally, especially by women on the news. (Because it sounds more sophisticated to the Afghan public I guess?) I don't think the actress's accent is a big deal, or even a problem. I understood what she was saying just fine.
Do the characters have different accents? The way they pronounce the vowel in “Afghanistan” (and other words with a long alef) seems a bit different.
@@Ceibhfhionn They do! It's very noticeable. I often hear the woman's accent in Iranian works but I've also met many Afghans that speak with her accent. But if I were to watch an Afghan reality show, there would def be both accents present. So I don't want to say that the man's accent is much softer because he probably grew up in a different country; it could very well be that he never lost his accent and that's how he's always spoken Persian.
Interesting. What language are they speaking here exactly? Dari or Persian? Also Samira's real name sound Iranian to me, or is it just another name in Afghanistan?
@@dingdong1519 the girl is an Iranian actress and has an Iranian accent or dialect while the guy is Afghan . They are actually speaking Dari . The girl is trying to conceal her Iranian accent but you can hear the difference
@@asaln3197 Afsaneh Dehrouyeh was born and raised in Gloucestershire, England to Iranian parents. That is why she has an accent but she speaks Dari better than a lot of people.
Let us take a moment to appreciate the sound engineer
জয় শ্রী রাম গাঁজাসহ ধরা খেলি কবে? কি বলছিস এসব?
@@fakhrulislam7865 Sob jaegae kanglupona dekhatei hobe naki??
@@fakhrulislam7865 Porasuna korle tobe toh Bujhte parbe ki bolche..baler moton Garer gorae Quran nie pore thakle ar sikhbe ?? porasuna tao chalate hoe... SOUND ENGINEER er kotha bolche...
@@adwaitvedant3297 ignore koro
Thanks man, it was indeed a tough job. But I guess I nailed it.
I feel sad when they talk about pets, especially when she says Afghans pet are guns. That’s deep.
I luv dogs, but what she says is so true in Afghanistan.
@Hamid Hussein Perhaps, more like 3-400 years, but from what I've read of Afghanistan, if they aren't battling a superpower, they are battling each other.
@@helloworld4284 Well before that it was soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but before that they had a lot pf problems between ethnic groups. Problems for Afghanistan really started after the rise of Islamic radicalism.
Caribbean heritage and the 'pet' thing blows my relatives mind, they also thought the same things for years too.
@@tomgreene7942 As an Afghan i'ld say. We don't like war but the inhuman world impose upon us.
"i dont know what i am doing but i am here with you and you are here with me" these are the words everyone is waiting to listen no matter men or women.
The actress is so pretty....Full eyebrows, acquline nose, almond shaped eyes, bow shaped lips...
any indian actress could beat her by miles
@@MegaBaddog it's not a competition
@@negus1510 racist and unfunny? What a catch
@@user-gi2od4zg9q whats your point,?
madmarvin99 Any famous bollywood performers have Pashtun roots, meaning that their looks come from Afghans.
It's not their first date. They are about to get married, it's an arranged marriage. the guy invited her to London through her family to marry him.
Could you explain to me why she has facial tattoos
@@amandarios448 it's just something that is seen as beautiful thing to have. It was a pre-Islamic tradition that just stayed
Well the description says it's their first date. And they've already spoken on the phone. But yeah, she wouldn't fly all the way to London just to go on a date and check him out. She's there to marry him unless she decides he's some kind of psychopath.
Amanda Rios it’s traditional afghan tattoos coming from the tribe called kochi “nomad”. A lot of Afghans have it as mark of beauty
Is there first date,it's obvious...
I watched this short film when it was released two years ago on Omeleto and I fell in love with it instantly. Coming back to it today, with these conflicts rising again, breaks my heart.
Same herr
Hello shreya
@Vyom AroraThats why they are trying to flee the Taliban then? 🙄
Same
The female lead character is really strong. I liked her
i hate it i really hate it when a man break your heart and then says can we start again ?
as if its some game
As if you'll have no memory of the wrongs of the past. As if it's like resetting a video game.
Pashtun Warrior
Are you gonna spam this everywhere 🤣
He didn't break her heart. Try to look at it from his perspective.
@@predatortheme lmao of course he didn't think he broke her heart from his point of view. People who hurt doesn't know how bad they hurt a person.
"Beautiful things dont ask for attention"
Wonderful words
Well said
Logic _ she is from badakhshan
Ariy0n stop stalking her you weirdo
Ariy0n yes 🙃
I am a native Hindi speaker and heritage speaker of Sanskrit. It really surprised me that I could understand many of their words correctly such as 'Char Hazaar' which means ' Four thousand', ' Begaana' which means 'stranger' etc😊
Hello shalini, how are you Doing
Kismat meaning fate
Exactly,same for me ,see my comment 😊
she also says 'kwab' meaning dream.
Perhaps you would know that Hindi is not a language with it's own script. It's an amalgamation of Sanskrit, Urdu, Farsi and many others. Khwab, Khanjar, Khatarnak, Khamosh, Khush are all borrowed from ancient Persian (Farsi from which the Parsis got their name) people from Persia who spoke Farsi and it's close cousin Dari in Afghanistan. Urdu borrows heavily from both these languages. Cultures don't have borders. Only people do. Peace ✌️ ☮️
I don't wear this because I'm told to I choose to... the most beautiful lines... and I really feel for the accent and the confidence of Samira
Lol.... if things get incorporated since childhood... they usually become part of a person's lifestyle in future...
@@mecss8910 not always, I have seen girls wearing hijab since childhood buy when they grow old they tak3 it off, i myself started cov3ring my head aft3r the age of 23 and dont feel like taking it off. Its what you choose
“Mann aen chadar rename poshem kaey ba man gufta shuda, intikhabey man asat “
Okay Yogesh if mum finds out , she is not going to let you out for week or so !!!!!
If I found myself on this date I might have just thrown my phone away.
Me too. I would turn it off. :)
Awwwww
@@kakalibhose6605 yup thats what real men do
@@nikhilshinde4609 bless u
@@kakalibhose6605 bless you too but who ?
I jst cant explain, how beautiful her simplicity looks.. Its so inspiring and stunning after seeing the simplest looks on a video after a long time
Khan La , I am a Photography and tell you there was nothing simple about her look's , It is few's layers of makeup on her face, but I do agree she is beautiful, I meet lot's of models looking like her, essespeccilly from east asian region.
@@ramraja7796 It is simple compared to some other women.
Her eyes are so beautiful. It's like they tell a story and sadly, they do.
Hi dear
For those who are curious about the language, it’s Farsi but with different dialects. The actress is actually from Iran so she speaks with a little Iranian accent but the actor is from Afghanistan so he speaks in Farsi Dari.
The languages are the same!
Thanks! I was just wondering that I was pretty sure it was Farsi but not entirely
What does the letter say?
Dari is not the same language and its not an accent khafashoo
exotic_aeri Can you name the actress
I think actor is Punjabi Pakistani
Looking at the phone during a date = deal breaker. I am so glad she called him out on his rudeness.
Sometimes its urgent and if they keep calling you may just have to answer
you have to be kidding
he tried to keep the phone closed but she kept calling so he had to answer.
I would've walked out on a guy like that- especially on a date.. and its NOT a cultural thing !
@@himlolo true, if your job is life or death and you need to save someones life leave your phone on! other wise, dont leave it on.
the actor who plays the guy is the same person who played assef in the kite runner movie......hes so grown up......kite runner fans here?????
OHHH THIS IS WHY THE ENTIRE WHILE I WAS WATCHING THE FILM, IT GAVE ME KHALED HOSSEINI FEELS!
Great great fan.
Me. I'm a big fan of Khaled Hosseini's work. I've read his books. He's awesome.
PHEWW IM SO GLAD SOMEONE REMEMBERS!
That was heartwrenching story and wallahi I cried
Everytime I watch something about Afgan, My mind be like :
" One cannot count the moon that shimmer on her roof or the thousand splendid sun that hide behind her walls " &
" For you a thousand times "
The connection between immigrants is amazing. Being strangers in the same land they are kind to each other. That's empathy, people.
Nah...
Do u ppl only understand the matters of heart? There are so many geo-political problems with cross culturing. I won't lecture this on u, but u already know what I mean.
@@harshjain3122 keep your hate back in india
You're assuming that the Asian woman is an immigrant to the U.K. There is no explicit evidence of this, but yeah...She was far more observant and caring than even her soon-to-be husband. Really, she's been in town a week... Sushi? Erhm...OK.
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@@user-gf5dr5nq6l nah nah dont try to mess with Indians,he didn't spread hate he just conveying something, don't drag country,if we start dragging ur country u might cant control ur eyes and want to stop looking at the replies
Damn!! shes gorgeous
how confident her simplicity is. its sad how we have to put on a facade in the guise of confidence these days.
Im persian and i just love hearing afghan accent 😭❤
It's so beautiful
How much can Iranians understand dari of people of Tajikistan?
@@mehmetyilmaz2493 Same language different accent and loanwords
Mehmet Yilmaz We understand it
that's Kabuli
@@mehmetyilmaz2493 100 percent
Love her confidence! "I am not wearing this "Hijab" head cover for anybody, I am wearing it because I want to." You go Girl!!!
@AG 2021 What's your point? Isn't the modesty something we should all seek? btw this feeling to be modest is imprinted in our natural inclination as human, we like to cover ourselves as" males and females", so her parent did a great job by just boosting this primitive feeling of their child!.
The question now is how could we determine objectively what are modest clothes? For me I would answer this question there is no way except by a revelation coming from the Creator who knows his creation better than themselves.
😄😄😄
And that the funniest thing
@@hossammigdadi6507 why you are so pissed?
@@hossammigdadi6507she's a Persian, you should know better than they are allergic to modesty.
@@anjitapandey3513because she may be forced to wear a Hijab in her country for all you know!
For millions of woman hijab or burkha or chadar is not a choice but a tenet forced on them by their religion/ culture.
More afghan videos please. As afghans, we starve for such videos. Also, thank you for your effort to put out this video. Very beautifully done!
A Filipino & cinematographer here, as well who worked and lived in Kabul for 8 years. How you produced it, seeing and hearing this short/dialogue brings back beautiful memories of the culture, changes, and attitude of our Afghan nationalities. Though I haven't been to London I enjoyed its familiarity watching this film. The Joke and ending dialogue, Ooooh Well Done!
Can we have more of these afghan films with the same actress
Her accent shows she is not Afghan, she is Iranian
@@sayedsadat2733 ok
She is Iranian
@Maria Muhebzada I can believe you, but this actor really is Iranian
She’s NOT Afghan. She’s Iranian.... They should have actually used an Afghan actress.
I reluctantly started watching this because it came up my recommendations, bracing myself for the usual stereotypes, but I was pleasantly surprised.
Thank you very much for proving me wrong, and for this beautiful and realistic portrayal of one facet of Afghan lives. I appreciate it.
Thank you for the writing team as well.
haha her question about dogs was cute
as was her exchange with the older chinese lady
"Where I come from we don't always get a choice." That's sad. I wish strength for all women. Avoid oppressive relationships, regardless if they are in the middle east or elsewhere.
Sometimes they are forced into it. They just can't avoid them unless they fight back and that could mean losing their lives.
@@mansibhagwate5 It's so sad
I am pashto spent 26 years in an arranged marriage which I had no choice. He don't love me but for the sake of our families I have to be the dutiful wife. Its common practice
@@ikr2377 r u happy now
@@hinasofy229 truthfully, I just feel like I am born to serve a purpose and that is to be a dutiful wife to him. Nothing about my happiness or what I want. I am doing what makes my family honour kept and what God wants. Even getting a friend appears sinful. In one word not happy but morally I think I feel I am doing the right thing
When I read the word omeleto I read it like omelet😋👏
It's spelt omelette
Samee
Same
same, thought it was about a love affair with food
Vanilla sweet chocolate Sweeties me too always & feel hungry
The letter in Dari reads:
Hope you are having a good time in London and may all your dreams come true. I hope you won’t forget the good times we had together. Do you remember we sometimes secretly went to Uncle Abdul’s orchard and picked his apples. Hope the apples in London are as delicious as those in Afghanistan so when you eat them they remind you of the delicious apples in Uncle Abdul’s orchard. Hope I remain in your thoughts.
Your little sister
Noor
Several of the other posters have said the language is Farsi. I personally do not know.
I'm constantly amazed by how Omeleto keeps uploading stories that seem like a leaf from my life in some way or another. 😁
I want a full movie of this, it's beautiful and Samira is gorgeous.
And you are gorgeous too dear.
@@navedkhan9007 thank you!!
@@DanaAlBasha ,you are most welcome.. where are you from by the way ? Are you an Arab ?
@@navedkhan9007 I am Arabian. I'm a Palestinian Jordanian.
@@DanaAlBasha ,masha Allah...we strongly support your cause against Israilis.We do dua for you. Well, my ancestors are Afghans and we are settled in India since 1857. Dana Al Basha, is this your real name ??
When she said "who is driving our fish tank?" I was like ...girl go ahead! Ask those questions, because choosing a husband is serious business.
I dont understand in this part, can u please explain it?
What did it mean?
@@sistersisil it was based on the joke the guy said earlier - 'two fish in a tank, and one of the fish asks the other who is driving the tank'. Its a play on words on 'tank: (fish tank or tank as in war).
When she quotes the tank, she is asking who is driving the tank, as in who will drive the relationship etc.
@@akeeb8611I got it. Thank you :)
@@DramaQueen-sf6kt np
This is is the most intimate, sweetest and most tender exchange I have ever witnessed! Amazing work! Bravo to all involved!
if that´s the first date ....cant imagine marriage...
Right!
He lost me at hello!
If you view it from a western/European perspective-yes, I agree with you. But from the eyes of a culture that practices arranged marriages, this first encounter where they decide to make a serious commitment to marriage-it is quite a different matter. This isn't a 'date', and there will not be years of going back and forth and working out relationship. This marriage is already in the works between the two families.
It’s an arranged marriage.
Is it just me or the actor looks like Orlando bloom's little brother?
And Sameera looks like Sansa Stark/Sophie Turner?
Yups
yess
@@ArdoBlueMoon She looks like Sophia of Godfather 3 (Pacino's daughter)
So truee
She's the kind of girl I'll fell in love with.
Why?
*fall
She’s natural and not plastic
Learn English
I had the pleasure of knowing a Pushtun family, and their Afghan friends. The women were exceptionally good looking, wildly sarcastic and very, very funny. The kids were wild and insanely cute. The kind of kids you have to watch every single second, or they'll end up, quite innocently burning the house down.
Reminds me of my pashtun relatives overseas 🤣
bro that profile picture
@@mudasirhaq4737 We work with what we've got.
Persian family
@@AmiAzed Persian kids are insanely cute too. AND LOUD!!!
Harun redeems himself-again, by knowing she can choose. Touching, well written and played story. Loved every second.
young girls can be picky and high maintenance not girls who age and have hit the wall. the above one in real life will die a spinster if she maintains that charade like she is a beauty queen
Loved the upclose shots of her eyes and lips - so much emotion without saying a word. And that line about having so many ways to find people, yet still being lonely...really hits you. Dating nowadays can be so disappointing and loving someone such a sad experience.
The conversation is so honest. Beautiful acting and beautiful lighting. I loved that it was so simple but so powerful.
I just love this so much... I am a brazilian immigrant based in the UK, all my family and friends stayed in my home country, and I feel here, I feel her emotions around leave everything behind to get a better life... its hard 💜
This was literally the most beautiful video I have ever watched on TH-cam! The conversation, sometimes the silence, so simple yet so beautiful. A very honest and true relationship. A beautiful new start for both of them. The respect between them is the most beautiful thing that can be between two people. A kind of a relationship that everyone imagine of, I believe!
We all dream
Samira's acting is on point.
The man changes quickly the conversation after she told him how rude he was. LOL.
So much intensity in one scene... the respect she owns for herself and strength she shows through her eyes and words ! I loved this scene !
Absoultely stunning lady, loved it how she talk to him straight looking in his eyes...she has her own confidence
U too.
in islam everyone has a choice. Forcing marriage is haram
Zahidul Islam Imran but we made it difficult,
It's culture that gets in the way of marriage in islam not religion
@ms wpwm I'm pretty sure it doesn't so do you have any quran evidence to back it up?
Zahidul Islam Imran
Does Quran say its haram
Stormyz Vox women are post-puberty girls so child marriage isn’t allowed in islam.
"There is more loyalty in love than in fear."
The girl, she is so confident while acting.
Soo soo soo Amazing!
Love from Nepal 🇳🇵
HELLO yogen from nepal. i just received a Tora Blades angkhola khukri from ktm. it's beautiful. i'd like to see your country.
Sure, Welcome always!
I'd be more than happy to show you my country by myself!
I’m annoyed the man should be paying attention to the beautiful girl mashallah
Put the phone in the fish 🐠 bowl
its a short movie bud
He figured that out. That was the point of this short film.
She's TOO Fine for him. PeriodT
The way of Afghans... We have suffered so much... May Lord Bring Peace to us..
@Darinda Modi Are you talking about THE TIME when we ruled you..?? well i don't see europe in misery after world war 1 AND 2..you were weak at that time and we were strong... that is how the past was.. No hard feelings bro..... and we Pakhtoons have been exploited in the name of ISLAM ... its like our Dark ages.. We will survive,,,,,,
hey at least Pakistan has your back
@@aaminali2743 well we Pakhtuns have been discriminated and abused by our own country....
We Indians are with Afghan brothers, don't care about some dickhead peoples. I have seen many Afghan stand shoulder to shoulder with Indians when any attacks happen in India. I wish peace in afghan
@@manishmate9991 well , to be honest we pashtuns , Punjabi, Sindhi, Balochistan, saraiki, Bihari,Rajput's,Tamils,banglas, and many more were all one people... We still are fighting , and that's how the brits wanted it to be....Peace to everyone..
How can a piece of art be both so poignant and life-affirming at the same time? I loved this short film. The Dari (Farsi) just made it that much more enjoyable to watch, it is such a beautiful language!
The way she said, "yes" when he asked her if he missed her sister "Noor", powerful. There was a scream in that answer, my heart.
Who's driving our fish tank !!! Her expression says it everything .
Had me captivated right from the start, the language is so pleasant to the ears I think it's farsi (correct me if I'm wrong). Great work love from India.
yeah it is farsi
@@nqwochi dari to be precise
Yes it's Farsi also known as Dari but commonly known as Persian
Its dari from the guy and farsi from the girl.
Rishabh Katoch It’s Farsi, but with different dialects because the actress is from Iran and the actor is from Afghanistan.
She’s actually so beautiful
Lead woman has got to have 1 of the most symmetrical faces in the world ❤️ so blessed with good looks.
Excellent short film, especially the female Characters acting, she blown my Mind .. The male was also awesome. The story is also heart touching.
a strong headed, outspoken muslim woman lead wow beautiful
Hmmm i don't see anything strange here , you can visit muslim countries ( except saudia arabia sorry ) and you'll see women in all fields , directing , leading , entrepreneurs ...
@Member of the universe... What a prejudiced little person you are... You onviouy havnt spoken to many Muslim women
Such innocence in woman's charcter...heart warming. Well shot..
She is manipulative
@@imrankh68 that is 1% correct