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A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)
Zamani barayé masti asbha (original title)

80 min  -  Drama | War   -  13 September 2000 (France)
7.5
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Ratings: 7.5/10 from 2,618 users   Metascore: 78/100 
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Young Iranian Kurds (brothers and sisters) try to save the youngest of them, who is seriously ill.

Director:

Bahman Ghobadi

Writer:

Bahman Ghobadi

Stars:

Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi and Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini
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Cast

Cast overview:
Ayoub Ahmadi Ayoub Ahmadi ...
Ayoub
Rojin Younessi Rojin Younessi ...
Rojin
Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini ...
Ameneh
Madi Ekhtiar-dini Madi Ekhtiar-dini ...
Madi
Kolsolum Ekhtiar-dini Kolsolum Ekhtiar-dini
Karim Ekhtiar-dini Karim Ekhtiar-dini
Rahman Salehi Rahman Salehi
Osman Karimi Osman Karimi
Nezhad Ekhtiar-dini Nezhad Ekhtiar-dini
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Storyline

After their father dies, a family of five are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq. Matters are made worse when 12 year old Ayoub, the new head of the family, is told that his handicapped brother, Madi, needs an immediate operation in order to remain alive. This heartbreaking tale shows the lengths to which a family will go in order to survive in the harshest of conditions, where even the horses are fed liquor in order to work. Written by Jonathan Beebe <jrbeebe@midway.uchicago.edu>  

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Plot Keywords:

Kurd | Iraq | Iran | Husband Wife Relationship | Kurdistan  | See more »

Genres:

Drama | War

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Country:

Iran

Language:

Kurdish | Persian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

A kis családfő See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$42,188 (USA) (29 October 2000) (16 Screens)

Gross:

$700,159 (USA) (6 May 2001)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Bahman Ghobadi Films, Farabi Cinema Foundation, MK2 Productions See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | Argentina: (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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Trivia

The first feature film in Kurdish, a language which was banned in Iranian schools since the 1940s, to achieve an international release. See more »

Connections

Remake of Zendegi dar meh (1999) See more »