Tilefegn

Tilefegn

To outsmart a protective father, a wealthy girl and her driver's best friend will turn a traditional taboo: bridal kidnapping.

2015 · 103 min · Romance, Comedy, Drama

Tilefegn (ጥለፈኝ) is an emotional Ethiopian romantic drama that tackles the weight of traditional bride kidnapping (telefa) through a modern cinematic lens. Starring the captivating Selam Tesfaye as a rich high schooler falling in love with her driver's best friend. The film follows a young couple navigating intense parental disapproval, social boundaries, and the painful clash between personal freedom and deep-rooted family expectations.

Directed by Mulualem Getachew

Your Rating

Cast

Selam Tesfaye Lidya
Kassahun Fesseha

Make it a double feature

3h 22m together

Tilefegn

Seventeen

A close match in mood and era.

More from Mulualem GetachewSee all →

11:59

A Film by Duguma Tsehay

Ken Zerafi

Ken Zerafi · 2026

A film by Mulualem Getachew

Tasfelegegnaleh

Tasfelegegnaleh · 2025

Tasfelegegnaleh

MovieRomanceComedy

A film by Amaha Duguma Tsehay

Baleke Seat

Baleke Seat · 2024

MovieRomanceComedy

A film By Teshale Worku

Kemegareja Jerba (ከመጋረጃ ጀርባ)

Kemegareja Jerba (ከመጋረጃ ጀርባ) · 2022

Kemegareja Jerba (ከመጋረጃ ጀርባ)

A New Theatre in Town

Yekelem Chewata

Yekelem Chewata · 2024

Yekelem Chewata

A film by Kirubel Seyum

Al - Motual

Al - Motual · 2024

A Film By Fitsum Bereket

Gemza (ገምዛ)

Gemza (ገምዛ) · 2022

Gemza (ገምዛ)

human....land....country

Tsehay

A film by Amaha Duguma

Sama

A film by Moges Asrat

ህዳር Hidar

ህዳር Hidar · 2019

ህዳር Hidar

After he is paralyzed and his family is murdered by a ruthless criminal a man must come to terms with his desire for vengeance.

Alnegam

Alnegam · 2024

A Film By Bizuayew Adane

Yaltenore

Yaltenore · 2025

A Film By Yidnekachew Tesfaye

Akenkagnu

Akenkagnu · 2026

MovieDramaRomance

Afilm by Tesfatsion Mekuria

Chuhet Berekete

Chuhet Berekete · 2025

Chuhet Berekete

A film by Mintesinot Legesse

Tila 2026

Tila 2026 · 2026

A film by Fitsum Kibret

More Like This

Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet · 1996

MovieDramaRomance

In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

The Straight Story

The Straight Story · 1999

The Straight Story

MovieDramaAdventure

Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a severe stroke. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. He then has the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.

La Strada

La Strada · 1954

When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.

Seventeen

Seventeen · 2019

MovieDramaComedy

To find his therapy dog, a 17-year-old escapes from juvie and embarks on a journey of reconnection with his brother and grandmother through Cantabria.

Paris, Texas

Paris, Texas · 1984

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.

Rain Man

Rain Man · 1988

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.

Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai · 1954

MovieActionDrama

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

Stand by Me

Stand by Me · 1986

MovieDramaAdventure

After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, but they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.

Boys on the Side

Boys on the Side · 1995

Boys on the Side

MovieComedyDrama

After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Jane's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With three distinct personalities, the women must overcome their differences to help one another.

Head Full of Honey

Head Full of Honey · 2018

Head Full of Honey

A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him.

Convoy

MovieActionComedy

Trucker Rubber Duck and his buddies Pig Pen, Widow Woman and Spider Mike use their CB radios to warn one another of the presence of cops. But conniving Sheriff Wallace is hip to the truckers' tactics, and begins tricking the drivers through his own CB broadcasts. Facing constant harassment from the law, Rubber Duck and his pals use their radios to coordinate a vast convoy and rule the road.

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 · 2005

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

MovieComedyFamily

The Baker family, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children.

Unpregnant

Unpregnant · 2020

MovieDramaComedy

After discovering she can’t legally get an abortion in Missouri without her parents’ permission, teenager Veronica convinces her former best friend Bailey to take a road trip to Albuquerque to seek the procedure.

Lady Chatterley

Lady Chatterley · 2006

Lady Chatterley

MovieDramaRomance

After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.

My Fault

My Fault · 2023

MovieDramaRomance

Noah must leave her city, boyfriend, and friends to move into William Leister's mansion, the flashy and wealthy husband of her mother Rafaela. As a proud and independent 17 year old, Noah resists living in a mansion surrounded by luxury. However, it is there where she meets Nick, her new stepbrother, and the clash of their strong personalities becomes evident from the very beginning.

There Is a Light

There Is a Light · 2017

There Is a Light

Paolo is a sceptical 30-year-old who works unwillingly as a sales clerk in a Turin department store. Mia is a back-up singer in a band and lives her life haphazardly, which leads her to being practically homeless. One night, they bump into each other by chance, in a gay club in Turin. It will be the beginning of an emotional adventure and a journey across the country looking for the father of Mia’s baby.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter