1 Movie Starring Said Mohamadi

Blackboards

Blackboards

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-09-01

Languages:

Persian, Kurdish

Countries:

Iran, Italy, Japan

Runtime:

88 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1872 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Samira Makhmalbaf

Zaheer Qureshi (story)

Fullplot:

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?

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