Buddha Collapsed out of Shame
(Buda as sharm foru rikht)
by Hana Makhmalbaf
Iran
Script: Marzieh Meshkini
Cinematographer: Ostad Ali
Editing: Mastaneh Mohajer
Sound: Hossein Mahdavi
Art Director: Akbar Meshkini
Music: Tolib Shakhidi
Cast: Nikbakht Noruz, A. Hoseinali, Abbas Alijome
Production: Makhmalbaf Film House, Jean Labadie
Distribution:
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Year: 2007
35 mm, Colour, 81 min,
OV Persian with French Subtitles
In Afghanistan, under the ancient giant statues of the Bamiyan Buddhas destroyed by the Taliban, thousands of families try to survive in the caves. Six-year-old girl Baktay hears her little neighbour reciting the alphabet all day long. She then takes it into her head to go to school, even if it means braving all dangers. On her way, she comes up against the violence of young boys playing at soldiers.
Under the guise of a great simplicity of narrative, Hana Makhmalbaf denounces the ravages of war in Afghanistan and questions the future of children riddled with violence from their youngest age.
