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Young women forced into early marriages make a risky choice to escape their family homes.

Every year young women forced into early marriages in the North Caucasus in Russia, make a risky choice to escape their family homes.

Every year dozens of young women make a risky choice to escape their family homes in the North Caucasus in Russia. This film follows three cases of women forced into early marriages, who were victims of violence. Refusal to comply is punished by physical or psychological violence, restriction of freedom or worse. As the women attempt to escape, they must cut ties with everything they know.

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