Summary
Blackboards (Persian: تخته سیاه, Takhté siah; Kurdish: تەختێ رەش, romanized: Textê Reş) is a 2000 Iranian film directed by Samira Makhmalbaf. It focuses on a group of Kurdish refugees after the chemical bombing of Halabja by Saddam Hussein's Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War. The screenplay was co-written by Makhmalbaf with her father, Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The dialogue is entirely in Kurdish.[1][2] Makhmalbaf describes it as "something between reality and fiction. Smuggling, being homeless, and people’s efforts to survive are all part of reality... the film, as a whole, is a metaphor."[2]
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| Directed by | Samira Makhmalbaf |
| Written by | Mohsen Makhmalbaf Samira Makhmalbaf |
| Starring | Said Mohamadi |
| Music by | Mohammad-Reza Darvishi |
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Release date | 25 October 2000 (U.S.) |
Running time | 85 minutes |
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| Language | Kurdish |
The film was an international co-production between the Makhmalbaf Productions of Iran, the Italian companies Fabrica and Rai Cinemafiction, and the Japanese company T-Mark.
Cast edit
- Said Mohamadi as 1.Teacher Saeed
- Behnaz Jafari as Halaleh
- Bahman Ghobadi as 2.Teacher Rebvar
- Mohamad Karim Rahmati as Father
- Rafat Moradi as Pupil Rebvar
Awards edit
- "Jury Prize", Official Competition section of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, France.[3]
- "Federico Fellini Honor", UNESCO, Paris, 2000.
- "François Truffaut prize", Giffoni Film Festival in Italy 2000.
- "Giffoni's Mayor Prize", Giffoni Film Festival, Italy, 2000.
- "Special cultural Prize", UNESCO, Paris, 2000.
- "The Grand Jury prize", American Film Institute, USA, 2000
References edit
- ^ "Makhmalbaf Film House: Samira". Archived from the original on 15 May 2007.
- ^ a b "Samira's Interview with Haghighat for the movie The Blackboard / English". Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Blackboards". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
Further reading edit
- Rosenbaum, Jonathan (25 April 2003). "Mythic Mission (BLACKBOARDS)". The Chicago Reader. Rosenbaum reviews Blackboards and notes parallels with the 1950 Western, Wagon Master, that was conceived, produced, and directed by John Ford.
External links edit
- Takhté siah at IMDb
