Buddha Collapsed out of Shame (2007)

Original title

بودا از شرم فرو ریخت

Directed by

Hana Makhmalbaf

Genre

drama film

Country

Afghanistan

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

U

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 5-year-old Afghan girl named Bakhtay lives in caves beneath the ruined Buddhas of Bamiyan. She desperately wants to go to a new school but faces obstacles from a society still scarred by Taliban rule, male domination, poverty, and violent children's games.

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What happens

Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame (Persian: بودا از شرم فرو ریخت, romanized: Buda az sharm foru rikht) is a 2007 Iranian film directed by Hana Makhmalbaf. The title is taken from her father Mohsen Makhmalbaf's book The Buddha Was Not Demolished in Afghanistan, It Collapsed Out of Shame. The story takes place in modern Afghanistan following the removal of the Taliban and revolves around a 5-year-old Afghan girl who wants to attend a newly opened school. The girl Bakhtay (Nikbakht Noruz) lives in the caves under the remains of the Buddhas of Bamiyan which were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. Bakhtay becomes obsessed with the idea of going to school but must fight against a society influenced by conditions suffered during the strict Taliban rule including male domination, war, poverty, violence and dire children's games. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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