(تخته سياه)

Content: 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?

Countries:

Iran,

Italy,

Japan

Genres:

Drama,

History,

War

Runtime:

85 minutes

Year:

2000

Directors:

Samira Makhmalbaf

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Production companies:

Fabrica,

Makhmalbaf Film House Productions,

RAI Cinema,

T-Mark

Actors:

Said

Halaleh

Rebwar

Father

Ribwar

Crews:

Director

Cinematography

Editor

Producer

Writer