π Overview:
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?
π Languages Available:
Kurdish
,
Persian
π Date Released:
2000-09-01
β Running Time:
85 mins
β Vote Average:
6.6
Beloved Cast
Said
Said Mohamadi
Halaleh
Behnaz Jafari
Rebwar
Bahman Ghobadi
Father
Mohamad Karim Rahmati
Ribwar
Rafat Moradi
Young boy storyteller
Mayas Rostami
Group leader
Saman Akbari
Marriage registrar
Ahmad Bahrami
Match maker
Mohamad Moradi
Old man
Karim Moradi
Child
Hassan Mohamadi
The boy porter
Rasool Mohamadi
Little girl
Somaye Veisee
Zinhan
Emre Tetikel