| Blackboards | |
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| Directed by | Samira Makhmalbaf |
| Written by | Mohsen Makhmalbaf Samira Makhmalbaf |
| Starring | Said Mohamadi |
| Music by | Mohammad Reza Darvishi |
| Distributed by | Artificial Eye (UK) Leisure Time Features (USA) Wellspring Media (US DVD) |
| Release date(s) | 25 October 2000 |
| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Iran Italy Japan |
| Language | Kurdish |
Blackboards (Persian: تخته سیاه, Takhté siah) is a 2000 Iranian film directed by Samira Makhmalbaf. It focuses on a group of Kurdish refugees after the chemical bombing of Halabja by Saddam Hussein's Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War. The screenplay was co-written by Makhmalbaf with her father, Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The dialogue is entirely in Kurdish.[1][2] Makhmalbaf describes it as "something between reality and fiction. Smuggling, being homeless, and people’s efforts to survive are all part of reality... the film, as a whole, is a metaphor."[2]
The film was an international co-production between the Makhmalbaf Productions of Iran, the Italian companies Fabrica and Rai Cinemafiction and the Japanese company T-Mark.
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| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by The Letter |
Jury Prize, Cannes 2000 tied with Songs from the Second Floor |
Succeeded by No award 2001 Divine Intervention (2002) |
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