Crushed Wings(2022)

Crushed Wings Synopsis

Ria, a seven-year-old girl growing up in a village, is led by her mother to a place where a group of women from her community await her. Here she is mutilated by an unqualified cutter, who completes the cultural FGM-ritual that ensures she will one day be taken as a wife. The child, once old enough, goes on to be forcibly married and moved away from her family to the England. Eventually, Ria seeks help in escaping the life she is trapped in, but the life of her two younger sisters hang in the balance. Can she change her elders' minds and prevent them from being led down the same path? Or will they become three more of 200 million women across the globe whose wings have been crushed by FGM?

Crushed Wings (2022) is a drama and crime film directed by Lalit Bhusal, released on November 10, 2022 with a runtime of 1h 38m. It stars Oznur Cifci, Tania Staite, Nisaro Karim and Jetinder Summan.