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They are barely 20 years old and fighting the Islamic State in Syrian Kurdistan. In this part of the world where men walk in front and women behind, the fact that they have taken up arms alongside their brothers is of extraordinary significance. Their colorful scarves, their calmness and their courage have made the world go round. Against the backdrop of the flow of war images, Stéphane Breton films their daily life in a world in ruins, the waiting and the wakes of arms around the memories of the disappeared. These are the Kurdish fighters, the Daughters of Fire.

The story of Anna Campbell, who travelled to northern Syria in secret in 2017. Just eight months after arriving and with no military background, Anna went to the front line to fight with Kurdish YPJ.