A Time for Drunken Horses

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A Time for Drunken Horses
A Time for Drunken Horses film poster
Directed by	Bahman Ghobadi
Produced by	Bahman Ghobadi
Written by	Bahman Ghobadi
Starring	Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi
Running time	80 min
Language	Kurdish/Persian
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A Time for Drunken Horses (Persian: زمانی برای مستی اسب‌ها, Zamani barayé masti asbha, Kurdish:Demek jibo hespên serxweş [1]) is a 2000 Iranian (Kurdish/Persian) 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 [2].

Contents 1 Plot 2 Awards 3 Cast 4 External links

[edit] Plot

A Kurdish family is trying to survive after the death of its parents. Ayoub, the eldest boy in the family, becomes the head of the household and must do whatever work available to survive. Madi, Ayoub's handicapped brother, is in need of a medical operation. Ayoub goes to great lengths to collect money for the operation by smuggling truck tires with a group of Kurdish villagers near the Iran-Iraq border. Ayoub ultimately falls short of his intended goal and his uncle decides to marry off his sister in return for the groom's family financing Madi's operation on the Iranian side of the border. When they arrive the mother of the groom refuses to accepts Madi and agrees to give Ayoub and his uncle a mule as compensation. The smugglers use mules to carry goods and fed them liquor to make them survive the harsh mountain winter. Near the border, Iranian soldiers seize the villagers'(and Ayoub's) merchandise.

[edit] Awards

1. Best Film Award, Golden Camera (Caméra d'Or), Cannes Film Festival , France, 2000.
2. Special Jury Award, Silver Hugo , Chicago International Film Festival , USA, 2000.
3. Best Feature Award, Edinburgh Film Festival, Scotland, UK, 2000.
4. Best Feature Award, Santa Fe Film Festival , Fort Lauderdale , USA, 2000.
5. Grand Jury Award, São Paulo International Film Festival , Brazil, 2000.
6. Best Feature, Banff International Film Festival, Canada, 2000.
7. Special Jury Award, Gijon International Film Festival, Spain, 2000.
8. Best feature Award, Children Film Festival , Isfahan , Iran, 2000.

[edit] Cast

1. Ayoub Ahmadi
2. Rojin Younessi
3. Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini
4. Madi Ekhtiar-dini
5. Kolsolum Ekhtiar-dini
6. Karim Ekhtiar-dini
7. Rahman Salehi
8. Osman Karimi
9. Nezhad Ekhtiar-dini

[edit] External links

• A Time for Drunken Horses at the Internet Movie Database
• Review by Deborah Young, Variety.
• Review by Christopher Null, Film critic.
• Review by A. O. Scott, The New York Times.
• Review by Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian.
• Review by Philip French, The Observer.
• Review by Gavin Collinson, BBC.
• Review by Ed Gonzalez, Slant.
• Review by Mick LaSalle et al., San Francisco Chronicle

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