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Release Date: December 6th, 2002
(NY); expands to other cities at later dates (pushed back a month from
November 1st, 2002)
World Premiere: May 11th, 2000 (Cannes Film Festival)
Video Release Date: February 17th, 2004
Awards: Jury Prize (tie) (2000 Cannes Film Festival); Grand Jury
Prize (2000 AFI Fest); Special Mention (2001 Buenos Aires International
Festival of Independent Cinema)
Language: Kurdish with English subtitles. Original title in Iran:
"Takhte Siah"
Running Time: 85 minutes
Distributor: Kimstim Films
Cast:
Said
Mohamadi (Said),
Behnaz
Jafari (Halaleh),
Bahman
Ghobadi (Reeboir),
Mohamad
Karim Rahmati (Father),
Saman
Akbari (Group Leader), Ahmad Bahrami (Marriage Registrar), Hassan
Mohamadi (Child), Rasool Mohamadi (The Boy Porter), Karim Moradi (Old
Man), Mohamad Moradi (Matchmaker),
Rafat
Moradi (Ribvar),
Mayas
Rostami (Young Boy Storyteller), Somaye Veisee (Little Girl)
Director:
Samira
Makhmalbaf (The
Apple; next up is
At
Five in the Afternoon)
Screenwriter:
Mohsen
Makhmalbaf (Kandahar,
A Moment of Innocence,
Gabbeh) and
Samira
Makhmalbaf (writing team of
The Apple and
At
Five in the Afternoon)
Premise: Set in Kurdish Iran, this is the stark story of nomadic
teachers who travel over the rocks and mountains of the area, looking
for illiterate people to instruct in reading, writing and math. Breaking
up to find separate ways through the area as helicopters patrol the
area, the film follows each of the teachers and shows the encounters
they have with the people they meet.
Genre: Drama, Foreign
Official Site:
Kimstim
Films
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