Director:		Bahman Ghobadi
Year:		2004
Language:		Kurdish (with English subtitles)
Time:		98 minutes
Showtimes:		Thursday at 8:00
		Friday at 5:00

This film is the third in a series of award-winning films about the struggles of the Kurdish people by Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi. Using a documentary style, it probes the hardships faced by refugees living in a border village on the eve of the Iraq war, told through the eyes of the children. The New York Times called it a "heartbreaking film," saying "it presents a harsh account of war, displacement and deprivation that is saved from utter bleakness by a tough, earthy lyricism." The LA Weekly said that the "imagery is so boilingly alive that we come away from it feeling exhilarated rather than depressed." The film won best-film awards at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in 2004 and the Berlin International Film Festival in 2005.

Not Rated.

Links

Official website of the film

Multiple film reviews

More about director Bahman Ghobadi

Rotten Tomatoes site with links to English language reviews