Directed by:
Bahman GhobadiScreenplay:
Bahman GhobadiCinematography:
Saed NikzatComposer:
Hossein AlizadehCast:
Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini, Madi Ekhtiar-dini, Nezhad Ekhtiar-dini, Kolsolum Ekhtiar-dini, Karim Ekhtiar-dini, Rahman Salehi (more)Plots(1)
Winner of the Camera D or at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, A Time for Drunken Horses announced Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi as a major talent. His debut follows the heart-wrenching drama of a Kurdish family living on the Iran-Iraq border. The only work available in this poverty-stricken locale is to smuggle goods between the countries, through hills stalked by armed bandits. These dangers rob Ayoub (Ayoub Ahmadi), Amaneh (Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini), Rojin (Rojin Younessi) and the developmentally disabled Madi (Madi Ekhtiar-dini) of their parents, and they are forced to fend for themselves. Ayoub is the eldest boy, and soon starts making the perilous overland journeys himself, desperate to raise money for Madi’s life-saving operation. Surviving the snowy valleys and marauding thieves does not bring in enough money, and their uncle sets up an arranged marriage for Rojin, threatening to split up the close-knit siblings. (official distributor synopsis)
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Ayoub Ahmadi
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Rojin Younessi
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Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini
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Kolsolum Ekhtiar-dini
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Rahman Salehi
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