6.8 /10
Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he offers to guide them, and takes as his wife Halaleh, the clan's lone woman, a widow with a young son. Reeboir attaches himself to a dozen pre-teen boys weighed down by contraband they carry across the border; they're mules, always on the move. Said and Reeboir try to teach as their potential students keep walking. Danger is close; armed soldiers patrol the skies, the roads, and the border. Is there a role for a teacher? Is there hope?
Run Time:
1hr 25` . MMPA:
. Release:
01 Sep 2000
Director:
Samira Makhmalbaf
Producer:
Mohamad Ahmadi
,
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
,
Marco Mueller
Stars:
Said Mohamadi
,
Behnaz Jafari
,
Bahman Ghobadi
,
Mohamad Karim Rahmati
,
Rafat Moradi
,
Mayas Rostami