Blackboards

Synopsis

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?

Main Cast

Said Mohamadi

Said

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Behnaz Jafari

Halaleh

Age : 50 | Popularity : 3%

Bahman Ghobadi

Rebwar

Age : 55 | Popularity : 4%

Mohamad Karim Rahmati

Father

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Rafat Moradi

Ribvar

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Mayas Rostami

Young boy storyteller

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Saman Akbari

Group leader

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ahmad Bahrami

Marriage registrar

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Samira Makhmalbaf
Production	Executive Producer	Mohamad Ahmadi
	Producer	Marco Mueller Shozo Ichiyama Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Crew	Cinematography	Ebrahim Ghafori
Writing	Writer	Mohsen Makhmalbaf Samira Makhmalbaf
	Story Supervisor	Zaheer Qureshi
Sound	Music	Mohammad Reza Darvishi
	Sound	Behroz Shahamat
Editing	Editor	Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Department	Role	Name

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