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) |