
Cinetrā

Cinetrā

Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he offers to guide them, and takes as his wife Halaleh, the clan's lone woman, a widow with a young son. Reeboir attaches himself to a dozen pre-teen boys weighed down by contraband they carry across the border; they're mules, always on the move. Said and Reeboir try to teach as their potential students keep walking. Danger is close; armed soldiers patrol the skies, the roads, and the border. Is there a role for a teacher? Is there hope?
Cast: Said Mohamadi, Behnaz Jafari, Bahman Ghobadi, Mohamad Karim Rahmati, Rafat Moradi, Mayas Rostami, Saman Akbari, Ahmad Bahrami, Karim Moradi, Hassan Mohamadi, Rasool Mohamadi, Somaye Veisee
Writers: Samira Makhmalbaf (Writer), Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Writer)
Cinematographer: Ebrahim Ghafori
Editor: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Sound Designer: Behroz Shahamat
Composer: Mohammad Reza Darvishi
Producers: Shôzô Ichiyama, Mohamad Ahmadi, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Production: Fabrica, Makhmalbaf Film House Productions, RAI Cinema, T-Mark