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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?
Cast and crew
- Director
- Samira Makhmalbaf
- Starring
- Said Mohamadi, Behnaz Jafari, Bahman Ghobadi
Details
- Release date
- Sep 1, 2000
- Language
- Persian, Kurdish
- Country
- Iran, Italy, Japan
- Box office
- $23,520
- Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations total
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