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 |