72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Buda az sharm foru rikht / Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame / Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame

Hana Makhmalbaf
Iran - France
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Thousands of families still live beneath the statue of Buddha destroyed by the Taliban. Baktay, a six-year-old Afghan girl, is goaded into going to school by their neighbours' son who reads the alphabets in front of their cave. On her way to school, she is harassed by boys playing games cruelly mimicking their violent society. The boys want to stone Baktay or destroy her like the Buddha or shoot her like the Americans do in the labyrinth of caves. Will Baktay be able to overcome these obstacles in order to learn the alphabets of her mother tongue?
Director
Hana Makhmalbaf (Iran)
Screenplay
Marziyeh Meshkini
Photography
Ostad Ali
Edition
Mastaneh Mohajer
Music
Tolib Shakhidi
Cast
Nikbakht Noruz, Abdolali Hoseinali, Abbas Alijome
Running Time
81 m.
Country
Iran - France
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