A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)

Original title

Zamani barayé masti asbha

Directed by

Bahman Ghobadi

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Iran

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 118 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family of Kurdish children in a remote border village struggle to survive after their father dies. The oldest boy tries to keep his siblings together while smuggling goods across the mountains to afford medicine for his disabled brother.

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What happens

A Time for Drunken Horses (Kurdish: Dema hespên serxweş; Persian: زمانی برای مستی اسب‌ها, Zamāni barāy-e masti-e asbhā) is a 2000 Kurdish language drama film directed by Bahman Ghobadi and produced in Iran. It was a co-winner of the Caméra d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000. Leonard Maltin notes that the film was "written by the director and shot in his native village, with a cast of extraordinary non-professionals." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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