- In
Farsi with English subtitles
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An award winning film by: Mohsen
Makhmalbaf. In Farsi with subtitles.
The Budhha
was not demolished in Afghanistan, it collapsed out of shame !
- Synopsis:
- Nafas is a young Afghan journalist who has taken refuge in
Canada. She receives a desperate letter from her little
sister, who has stayed behind in Afghanistan and has decided
to end her life before the imminently approaching eclipse of
the sun. Nafas fled her country during the Taliban civil war.
She decides to go and help her sister in Kandahar and attempts
to cross the Iran – Afghanistan border …
80
min/Farsi with no subtitles
$12.95 DVD
Mohsen Makhmalbaf's
latest film marks another shift in the director's dynamic career.
Having experimented, early on, with agitprop, Makhmalbaf's camera
then found poetry in motion with such works as Gabbeh.
With Kandhar, he has once more
oriented his camera politically.
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