Safar e Ghandehar (2001)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Writer:

Mohsen Makhmalbaf (writer)

Release Date:

24 October 2001 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.

Plot Keywords:

Sister | Afghanistan | Taliban | Journey | Refugee

Awards:

3 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Ike Ogut	...	Naghadar
Nelofer Pazira	...	Nafas
Hassan Tantai	...	Tabib Sahid
Sadou Teymouri	...	Khak
Hoyatala Hakimi	...	Hayat
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Monica Hankievich
Noam Morgensztern	...	Three children (voice)
Zahra Shafahi
Safdar Shodjai
Mollazaher Teymouri

Also Known As:

Kandahar (International: English title)
The Sun Behind the Moon (International: English title)

Runtime:

85 min | USA:81 min

Country:

Iran | France

Language:

Persian | English | Pashtu | Polish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Malaysia:U | South Korea:All | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-7 | France:U | Germany:6 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Afghanistan Border, Iran

Company:

Bac Films

Trivia:

This movie was filmed mostly the Iranian desert. Secretly, this movie was also filmed in desert Afganistan, without the Taliban's permission.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Red Cross in Afghanistan

A poster wrote "There is one remarkable scene wherein hordes of desperate, one-legged men hobble on crutches across the desert as Red Cross helicopters rain prosthetic limbs down onto the sands below". Well, the scene was total B***S***! The Red Cross has worked in Afghanistan for nearly 30 years and for probably half that time has had the world's largest orthopaedic programme. Each and every limb is made to fit for each person and then there are weeks of rehabilitation in one of the many well equipped orthopaedic centres around the country after the limb has been fitted. There is no need to buy and sell them on the black market because they are free of charge to anyone who needs one. Always have been and always will be. There is also no way on earth that the Red Cross ortho programme has ever been run out of tents in the desert and absolutely no way the Red Cross ever dropped double prosthetics out of helicopters or planes. The entire scene is an insult to the Red Cross. And before you howl me down I have been working in Afghanistan and have seen the work done by the Red Cross before, during and after the rule of the Taliban. The writer, producers and directors should be ashamed of themselves.