KABULLYWOOD
synopsis
Afghanistan, 2016. Sikandar and Shab are final-year art students at Kabul University, both with a thirst for life. Amidst the ruins of war-torn Kabul, the couple and their friends spot an abandoned cinema, which miraculously survived 30 years of war. As an act of resistance against the looming return of fundamentalism, a bold dream is enacted and renovation work on the cinema begins. Serious problems soon arise: the withdrawal of powerful family support, the targeting of Shab by her extremist brother, an auto accident and a calamitous fire. Undaunted, Sikandar continues to pursue the dream.
original title: | Kabullywood |
country: | Afghanistan, France |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Louis Meunier |
film run: | 87' |
release date: | FR 6/02/2019 |
screenplay: | Ariel Nasr, Louis Meunier |
cast: | Roya Heydari, Omid Rawendah, Ghulam Reza Rajabi, Mohammad Qais Shaghasy, Naser Nahimi, Farid Joya |
cinematography by: | Antoine Marteau |
film editing: | Thierry Bréant |
producer: | Louis Meunier, Shinrindad Dakouy, Sayed Jalal Rohani |
production: | Taimani Films |
distributor: | Destiny Films |