In the center of the full-length Animation film "The Breadwinner" is 11-year-old girl named Parvana. Despite his young age, she already suffered from the bitterness of suffering and knows how hard it is to survive. The girl lives with her family in Afghanistan when the country is experiencing is not simple times. She grew up under the administration of the Taliban, and knows no other life.
When her father illegally arrested, she realizes that there's nowhere else to support his family. To this end, she cuts his long hair hides them, dressed as a boy and goes to work, hoping to help their relative and friends. Working together with his friend Shauziej, a girl opens a new world of freedom and incredible danger. With unwavering courage it takes force of the fantastic stories which invents itself while traveling with his father. It will save parents and reunite the family.