CinemaOSMovie · 2000 · 1h 25m

Blackboards

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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?

Directed bySamira Makhmalbaf

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 25m
Language
FA
Released
September 1, 2000
Studios
Makhmalbaf Film House ProductionsRAI CinemaFabrica

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Said Mohamadi

Said

Behnaz Jafari

Behnaz Jafari

Halaleh

Bahman Ghobadi

Bahman Ghobadi

Rebwar

Mohamad Karim Rahmati

Father

Rafat Moradi

Ribwar

Mayas Rostami

Young boy storyteller

Saman Akbari

Group leader

Ahmad Bahrami

Ahmad Bahrami

Marriage registrar

Karim Moradi

Old man

Hassan Mohamadi

Child

Creative team
Directed by
Samira Makhmalbaf
Samira Makhmalbaf
Written by
Samira Makhmalbaf
Samira Makhmalbaf
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Produced by
Shôzô Ichiyama
Shôzô Ichiyama
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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