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Two-Legged Horse (2008)

Two-Legged Horse poster
Original title
اسب دوپا
Directed by
Samira Makhmalbaf
Genre
drama film
Country
Iran, France
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A child with one leg pays another poor child to carry him on his back. The film follows their difficult journey through Afghanistan.

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What happens

Two-legged Horse (Persian: اسب دوپا, romanized: Asbe du-pa) is a 2008 film directed by Samira Makhmalbaf and written by her father Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The film is about a one-legged child that hires another poor child to carry him around on his back. The film was filmed in and takes place in Afghanistan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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