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24 October 2001 (France) moreAwards:
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Opportunistic doc on orphans and AIDS in Uganda moreCast
(in credits order) | Abbas Kiarostami | ... | Himself |
| Seyfolah Samadian | ... | Himself |
Directed by | |||
| Abbas Kiarostami | |||
Produced by | |||
| Marin Karmitz | .... | producer | |
| Abbas Kiarostami | .... | producer | |
Cinematography by | |||
| Seyfolah Samadian | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Abbas Kiarostami | |||
Production Management | |||
| Ramin Rafirasme | .... | production manager | |
Sound Department | |||
| Mohammad Reza Delpak | .... | sound | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Laurent Desbrueres | .... | digital color grader | |
| Rip Hampton O'Neil | .... | technical director: DuboiColor | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Mohamad Razdasht | .... | assistant editor | |
| Sahand Samadian | .... | assistant editor | |
Other crew | |||
| Ramin Rafirasme | .... | project coordinator | |
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- MK2 Diffusion
- New Yorker Films (2002) (USA) (subtitled)
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Argentina:85 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | USA:83 minCountry:
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Argentina:13 | France:U | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:All | USA:UnratedFun Stuff
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Kiarostami is invited by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to see the work of Uganda Women's Effort to Save Orphans (UWESO). Carrying a couple of camcorders, the director sets to document what he sees. The film material covers the period from April 2000 to March 2001.
The ravages of civil war, AIDS and also malaria have resulted in a plenitude of orphans in Uganda. It is for them that UWESO exists.
Kiarostami makes at least one extended visit to Masaka, the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in Uganda. This is the kind of place where electricity is cut out at midnight. One of the longest take in the film is shot in a pitch black night after the lights go out.
Efforts to control the spread of AIDS is hampered by religion. Use of condoms is discouraged by the religious. Virginity is advocated as the correct alternative. Fat chance. Not surprisingly, 15 to 45 years men die from AIDS. The result is that towns are devoid of adult males.
Kiarostami never misses an opportunity to film kids. It is an old interest of his. Moreover UWESO is there for them.
Kiarostami meets an Austrian couple, a doctor and a teacher, who adopt a little girl. Elsewhere a little boy catches Kiarostami's attention. The camera approaches and zooms in. This little boy has eerily brilliant sky blue eyes.