''Price of Love'' is a 2015 Ethiopian

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directed by

Hermon Hailay Hermon Hailay is an Ethiopian film writer/director. She directed several critically and commercially successful domestic DVD films before completing her first theatrical feature film, ''Price of Love (2015 film), Price of Love''. The film was in ...

which was screened in the Official Selection at

2015 Toronto International Film Festival The 40th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 September 2015. On 28 July 2015 the first wave of films to be screened at the Festival was announced. Jean-Marc Vallée's ''Demolition'' starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naom ...

. It was selected in Official Competition at FESPACO 2015 where it won the Special Prize of Ouagadougou. It has gone on to compete in numerous international film festivals and won multiple awards. It tells the story of a young Addis Ababa taxi driver gets caught up in the dark side of love, causing his taxi to be stolen. He finds himself stuck in a relationship with a prostitute, making him confront his past and discover what is the price of love."Ethiopian cinema focuses on prostitution"
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'', 05 March 2015.

Awards and nominations

List of festival appearances

References

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* * 2015 films 2015 drama films Ethiopian drama films Amharic-language films {{Best Film Screenplay at the Africa International Film Festival, state=expanded