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A Time for Drunken Horses (Kurdish: Dema hespên serxweş; Persian: زمانی برای مستی اسبها, Zamāni barāy-e masti-e asbhā) is a 2000 Kurdish language drama film directed by Bahman Ghobadi and produced in Iran. It was a co-winner of the Caméra d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000.
Sep 13, 2000 · A drama film about a Kurdish family in Iran facing poverty and war. The title refers to the practice of feeding alcohol to horses to make them work harder.
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- Drama, War
- Bahman Ghobadi
- 2000-09-13
Currently you are able to watch "A Time for Drunken Horses" streaming on Kanopy, Eventive for free. Synopsis After their father dies, a family of five children are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq.
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- Ayoub Ahmadi
- Bahman Ghobadi
- 3
Aug 17, 2001 · Bahman Ghobadi's movie is about a group of orphaned Kurdish children who live on the poverty line in a village near the Iran-Iraq border....
Oct 27, 2000 · A film about three Kurdish children in Iran who struggle to survive in poverty and war. The title refers to the alcohol given to the mules that carry truck tires over the mountains.
After their father dies, a family of five are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran. Matters are made worse when 12-year-old Ayoub, the new head of the family, is told that his handicapped brother, Madi, needs an immediate operation in order to remain alive.
Synopsis by Jonathan Crow. Former assistant director to Abbas Kiarostami and star of Samira Makhmalbaf's Blackboards, Bahman Ghobadi makes his directorial debut with this gritty, documentary-like look at Kurdish orphans struggling to survive.
