Movie Details
Original Language:Amharic
Production Companies:The Ma'aleh School of Film and Television
Jephtah's daughter on the Web:Official Website
Jephtah's daughter
DirectorEinat Kapach
20 minDrama
Plot
A modern adaptation of the biblical story of Jephthah’s daughter, whom her father, the judge Jephthah the Gileadite, sacrificed as a burnt offering. The film tells the story of an Ethiopian family in the early 1980s walking through the desert to Sudan on their way to the Promised Land. The journey is filled with hardship, and the family depends on the father to lead them. When he is attacked by robbers, his daughter is forced to perform a noble act.
