A Time for Drunken Horses


Set amongst the Kurdish population around the border between Iraq and Iran, we follow the adventures of a family of orphans as they struggle for survival in the harsh yet beautiful environment. The main problem facing them is how to raise money for an operation to buy a few more months for their sick brother. Work is scarce and difficult, and crime all around. Each family member makes sacrifices in their quest to help their brother.
Kurdish with English subtitles.


80 minutes.
Parental Guidance .
Drama
You are doing WHAT with my sister?
You are doing WHAT with my sister?

Credits

Cast
Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini, Madi Ekhtiar-dini, Kolsolum Ekhtiar-dini, Karim Ekhtiar-dini, Rahman Salehi, Osman Karimi
Director
Bahman Ghobadi
ScreenplayBahman Ghobadi
MusicHossein Alizadeh
CinematographySaed Nikzat
Sound formatsDolby Digital,DTS
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2000
Produced byBahman Ghobadi Films, Farabi Cinema Foundation, MK2





Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Movies for Africa
Ian Douglas
7
Cape Argus
Yazeed Kamaldien
15
The Cape Times
Christopher Rodrigues
10
The Star
Janine Walker
14
Die Burger
Francois Smith
10
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
10
Box Office
Ed Scheid
13
Total Film
Nicky Dawson
15
Film Review
James Cameron-Wilson
15
Empire
David Parkinson
15

What the People say

Internet
95 Netizens
15

Average .. 63%

13

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: Beautiful landscapes almost save this film. The story is well-meaning and obviously designed to tug the heartstrings, but it somehow fails to do so. The insight into the foreign culture is interesting, it makes one glad to live in a warm climate in a first-world environment.






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