EARTH AND ASHES
by Atiq Rahimi
synopsis
The story of an elderly man who must trek through war-torn Afghanistan to the coal mine where his son works in order to break the news of a horrific bomb explosion that has destroyed his family...
| international title: | Earth and Ashes |
| original title: | Khakestar-o-khak |
| country: | France, Afghanistan |
| year: | 2004 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Atiq Rahimi |
| film run: | 105' |
| release date: | FR 05/01/2005 |
| screenplay: | Atiq Rahimi, Kanbozia Partovi, (based on the novel by Atiq Rahimi) |
| cast: | Abdul Ghani, Jawan Mard Homayoun, Kader Arefi, Guilda Chahverdi, Walli Tallosh |
| cinematography by: | Eric Guichard |
| art director: | Jeqn-Luc Le Floc'h |
| costumes designer: | Atiq Rahimi |
| producer: | Dimitri de Clercq, Co-prod: Siddiq Barmak |
| production: | Les Films du Lendemain, France 3 Cinéma |
| distributor: | Arthaus, Coopérative Nouveau Cinéma - CNC, Bodega Films |
