Blackboards

Blackboards (2000)


  • Genre: Drama, History, War
  • Release Date: 2000-09-01
  • User Rating: 6.6/10 from 39 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 25min
  • Language:
  • Production Company: Fabrica
  • Production Country: Iran, Italy, Japan
  • Director: Samira Makhmalbaf
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Summary

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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  • Said Mohamadi

    as Said
  • Behnaz Jafari

    as Halaleh
  • Bahman Ghobadi

    as Rebwar
  • Mohamad Karim Rahmati

    as Father
  • Rafat Moradi

    as Ribwar
  • Mayas Rostami

    as Young boy storyteller
  • Saman Akbari

    as Group leader
  • Ahmad Bahrami

    as Marriage registrar
  • Mohamad Moradi

    as Match maker
  • Karim Moradi

    as Old man
  • Hassan Mohamadi

    as Child
  • Rasool Mohamadi

    as The boy porter
  • Somaye Veisee

    as Little girl
  • Emre Tetikel

    as Zinhan
Directing Samira Makhmalbaf Director
Crew Ebrahim Ghafori Cinematography
Editing Mohsen Makhmalbaf Editor
Production Shozo Ichiyama Producer
Writing Samira Makhmalbaf Writer
Sound Mohammad Reza Darvishi Music
Sound Behroz Shahamat Sound
Production Mohamad Ahmadi Executive Producer
Writing Zaheer Qureshi Story Supervisor
Writing Mohsen Makhmalbaf Writer
Production Mohsen Makhmalbaf Producer
Production Marco Mueller Producer
Production Abbas Saghazsaz Associate Producer

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