In exchange for a dollar a day, a boy carries a lame youngster to and from school like a horse. While carrying the child, he races donkeys and horses in the street. He bathes, washes and gets him ready to start the day. But the lame boy isn’t happy because his steed hasn’t turned into a real horse as he wished...
Samira Makhmalbaf
Teheran, 1980. At the age of 17 she directed her first feature, Sib (The Apple), becoming the youngest female director ever to compete at Cannes. She later directed the films Takhté siah (The Blackboard, 2000) and Panj é asr (At Five in the Afternoon, 2003) both winners of the Jury Prize at Cannes Festival. She also participated with one of the eleven episodes in 11’09”01-September 11 (2002). Two-Legged Horse is her fourth feature.
Director:
Samira Makhmalbaf
Screenplay:
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Production:
Mehrdad ZonnourMakhmalbaf Film House5th Floor #32 16th StreetNorth Felestin AvenueTehran
Co-Production:
Wild Bunch
Photography:
Farzad Jodat
Edition:
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Music:
Tolibkhon Shahidi
Cast:
Ziya Mirza Mohamad, Haron Ahad, Gol Gotai Karimi, Khojeh Nader
Sales:
Wild Bunch99, rue de la Verrerie