Blackboards (2000)

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?

Directing:
  • Samira Makhmalbaf

Writing:
  • Mohsen Makhmalbaf
  • Samira Makhmalbaf
  • Zaheer Qureshi

Stars:
Release Date: 2000-09-01
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  • Country: IR, IT, JP
  • Language: فارسی
  • Runtime: 85
Behnaz Jafari
Behnaz Jafari
Halaleh
Bahman Ghobadi
Bahman Ghobad...
Rebwar
Ahmad Bahrami
Ahmad Bahrami
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Emre Tetikel
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Zinhan
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