Blackboards

Overview

Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he offers to guide them, and takes as his wife Halaleh, the clan's lone woman, a widow with a young son. Reeboir attaches himself to a dozen pre-teen boys weighed down by contraband they carry across the border; they're mules, always on the move. Said and Reeboir try to teach as their potential students keep walking. Danger is close; armed soldiers patrol the skies, the roads, and the border. Is there a role for a teacher? Is there hope?

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 1, 2000

Original language

Persian

Spoken languages

Kurdish, Persian

Countries

Iran, Italy, Japan

Production

RAI Cinema,RAI,Fabrica,Makhmalbaf Film House Productions,T-Mark,Fabrica, Makhmalbaf Film House Productions, RAI Cinema, T-Mark

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0246266