'' Difret '' received mixed reviews upon its premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival . Dennis Harvey of '' Variety '' , said in his review that " ' Difret ' presents an important message , albeit in rather clunky narrative terms . More showing and less telling would have made this fact-inspired drama by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari as artistically compelling as it is informative . Still , fests and other outlets attracted to social-justice issues will queue up for this relatively rare export-ready Ethiopian feature . " Boyd van Hoeij in his review for '' The Hollywood Reporter '' called the film " A quiet and powerful drama , based on a true story , that relies on familiar storytelling tropes . " The film has a score of 58 % on Metacritic
2014 Sundance Film Festival
2014 Sundance Film Festival
Difret