BLACKBOARDS
synopsis
A group of male teachers crosses the mountainous paths of the remote Iranian Kurdistan region. Carrying large blackboards on their backs, they wander from village to village in search of students.
| international title: | BLACKBOARDS |
| original title: | TAKHTE SIAH |
| country: | Italy, Iran |
| sales agent: | Goodfellas |
| year: | 2000 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Samira Makhmalbaf |
| film run: | 85' |
| release date: | IT 01/09/2000, FR 11/10/2000, UK 29/12/2000, NL 26/07/2001, DE 17/01/2002, ES 12/07/2002, DK 25/04/2003 |
| screenplay: | Samira Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Makhmalbaf |
| cast: | Said Mohamadi, Bahman Ghobadi, Behnaz Jafari |
| cinematography by: | Ebrahim Ghafori |
| film editing: | Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Babak Karimi |
| music: | Mohammad Reza Darvishi |
| producer: | Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Marco Müller |
| production: | Fabrica, Rai Cinema, Makhmalbaf Film House (IR) |
| distributor: | Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Mars Distribution (FR), Artificial Eye (UK), Filmmuseum (NL), Kairos-Filmverleih (DE), Vertigo Films (ES), Marco Film (DK) |
