"Difret" is based on the story of Aberash Bekele — called Hirut in the film — a girl who was abducted by men on horseback outside her rural Ethiopian village. 
Filamu ya "Difret" inajenga masimulizi yake kwenye tukio la Aberash Bekele — anayetumia jina la Hirut kwenye filamu — msichana aliyekamatwa na wanaume na kutoroshwa kijijini kwa kutumia farasi ili akaolewe.