Blackboards
Drama
History
War
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?
Status:
Released
Release Date:
2000-09-01
Runtime:
1h 25m
Director:
Samira Makhmalbaf
Writer:
Samira Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Top Cast
Said Mohamadi
Said
Behnaz Jafari
Halaleh
Bahman Ghobadi
Rebwar
Mohamad Karim Rahmati
Father
Rafat Moradi
Ribwar
Mayas Rostami
Young boy storyteller
Saman Akbari
Group leader
Ahmad Bahrami
Marriage registrar
Mohamad Moradi
Match maker
Karim Moradi
Old man
Hassan Mohamadi
Child
Rasool Mohamadi
The boy porter
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