Girls of the Sun
Feb 14, 2018 | IMDB 7
111 min Watch NowDrama, War
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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