Director: Ebrahim Forouzesh
Scriptwriter: E. Foruzesh
Cinematographer: B. Ali-Abadiyan
Editor:
Sound:
Music: Saeed Ansari
Cast: M. Reza Safari, H. Mozaffari, A. Lofti, M. Kazemi, M. Lofti, Z. Hosseini, A. Najafi
Production:
The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults
Distribution:
Cinéma Public Films
84 rue du Président Wilson
92300 Levallois Perret
France
Tel.: 0033 141270144
Fax.: 0033 142700665
Year: 1998
35 mm, Colour, 85 min, OV Farsi with French Subtitles
A young boy from a small Iranian village carries out his daily tasks by collecting wicker, loading the donkey, loading the trunk, selling, buying... Life has become harder and harder. His father used to make wood charcoal but it is now obsolete and he does not get buyers any more. He therefore decides to leave, exiling himself to search for new resources. Young Mohammad Ali enjoys being with his grandfather who still cultivates a small piece of land in the traditional manner. He gives the boy this piece of land. Convinced he can take part in the family general effort, the boy decides to cultivate it. With obvious deter mination, he endeavours to combine his work in the field and his work at school. Yet, both his mother and school teacher dislike it.
