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01/09/2000 Drama, History, War 1h 25m
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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?

  1. Samira Makhmalbaf

    Director, Writer

  2. Mohsen Makhmalbaf

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Said Mohamadi

    Said

  2. Behnaz Jafari

    Halaleh

  3. Bahman Ghobadi

    Rebwar

  4. Mohamad Karim Rahmati

    Father

  5. Rafat Moradi

    Ribwar

  6. Mayas Rostami

    Young boy storyteller

  7. Saman Akbari

    Group leader

  8. Ahmad Bahrami

    Marriage registrar

  9. Karim Moradi

    Old man

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Reviews

A review by CRCulver
Written by CRCulver on 2018-09-13
Released in 2000, Blackboards was the second film by Samira Makhmalbaf, daughter of acclaimed Iranian auteur Mohsen Makhmalbaf and a precocious director in her own right. As the film opens, a group of itinerant teachers lug blackboards into the mountains of Iranian Kurdistan, seeking to bring education to this illiterate, impoverished region in exchange for some meagre income.

Two of the teachers quickly branch off from the group, and the film follows their adventures. Saïd (Saïd Mohamadi) falls in with a group of nomads trying to get back to their native land across the border in ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Persian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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