The Beauty Academy of Kabul (2006)

10/10

How can a world swapped by war and destruction be inspiring. Or was it the movie that was inspiring and not the actual situation. Either way, Beauty Academy of Kabul (2006) is stunning and heartbreaking at the same time. It shows the world outside our bubble: the perception on a woman in the non-western society. It is one of few documentaries that carry more than just entertaining information. It starts off with a fairly simple subject in a complex situation. The plot progresses beyond expectations, and grows into a thought-provoking personal story of regular women and their place in the eastern world.

Beauty Academy of Kabul (2006) is truly postmodern in the way it depicts the world: from inside out, with all the subjectivity and realism. It is a reminder of war atrocities through the dialog with women and their families. The Beauty Academy seems to drift away from being a focal point.