Blackboards
20001h 25m6.7
Drama, History, War
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genre
- Drama
- Origin
- Iran
About
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?
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in South Korea.
Details
- Director
- Samira Makhmalbaf
- Writing
- Samira Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Sep 1, 2000
- Studio
- Fabrica, Makhmalbaf Film House Productions
Cast
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