Girls of the Sun
Bahar, the commanding officer of the Daughters of the Sun, a battalion made up entirely of Kurdish female soldiers, is on the cusp of liberating their town, which has been overrun by ISIS extremists.
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1989★ 6.3
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2017★ 6.2
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1965★ 7.1
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