Kandahar (2001)
(Safar é Gandehar)
Country: IR/FR
Technical: col 85m
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cast: Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantaoe, Sadou Teymouri
Synopsis:
Returning to Afghanistan to save her sister from suicide at the solar eclipse, a naturalized Canadian reporter embarks on a dangerous journey to the base of the Taliban's secret police.
Review:
Through contact with a succession of travelling companions Makhmalbaf illuminates the desperate situation of those victims of war on the Iran-Afghan border, and the dehumanizing imprisonment of the burka, or burga, which can also be a precarious means of subterfuge. Part documentary, part drama, the film is a concise, direct and weirdly beautiful letter to a stricken neighbour.
(Safar é Gandehar)
Country: IR/FR
Technical: col 85m
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cast: Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantaoe, Sadou Teymouri
Synopsis:
Returning to Afghanistan to save her sister from suicide at the solar eclipse, a naturalized Canadian reporter embarks on a dangerous journey to the base of the Taliban's secret police.
Review:
Through contact with a succession of travelling companions Makhmalbaf illuminates the desperate situation of those victims of war on the Iran-Afghan border, and the dehumanizing imprisonment of the burka, or burga, which can also be a precarious means of subterfuge. Part documentary, part drama, the film is a concise, direct and weirdly beautiful letter to a stricken neighbour.
(Safar é Gandehar)
Country: IR/FR
Technical: col 85m
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cast: Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantaoe, Sadou Teymouri
Synopsis:
Returning to Afghanistan to save her sister from suicide at the solar eclipse, a naturalized Canadian reporter embarks on a dangerous journey to the base of the Taliban's secret police.
Review:
Through contact with a succession of travelling companions Makhmalbaf illuminates the desperate situation of those victims of war on the Iran-Afghan border, and the dehumanizing imprisonment of the burka, or burga, which can also be a precarious means of subterfuge. Part documentary, part drama, the film is a concise, direct and weirdly beautiful letter to a stricken neighbour.