Blackboards 2000

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Several teachers are carrying blackboards on their backs in the mountains of Kurdistan, next to Iran's border with Iraq, and are seeking those who want to study. But there is no one interested in learning. They become dispersed as they hear the sound of a helicopter, so that there remains only Saeid and Rebwa who stay committed to their faith. For the children smuggling goods from Iraq, and the old men trying to get to the border, their efforts and emphasis on knowledge are useless. Saeid remains with the group of the old men. There is a young woman among them called Halaleh who has a child, and to whom Saeid is married. He gives her the blackboard as a marriage gift. He also tries to teach her but he fails. Eventually, Saied takes Halala and her child to the border, get divorced, and leaves them forever. But his blackboard remains with her.

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Cast

Full Cast & Crew
Salman Akbari Salman Akbari
Ahmad Bahrami Ahmad Bahrami
Bahman Ghobadi Bahman Ghobadi
Behnaz Jafari Behnaz Jafari
Hassan Mohammadi Hassan Mohammadi
Saeed Mohammadi Saeed Mohammadi
Rasool Mohammadi Rasool Mohammadi
Karim Moradi Karim Moradi
Rafat Moradi Rafat Moradi
Mohammad Moradi Jalili Mohammad Moradi Jalili
Mohammadkarim Rahmati Mohammadkarim Rahmati
Hayaz Rostami Hayaz Rostami
Saeed Veisi Saeed Veisi
Persian Title:

تخته سیاہ

English Title:

Blackboards

Persian Title in English:

Takhte Siah

Director(s):

Samira Makhmalbaf,

Writer(s):

Cast:

Salman Akbari, Ahmad Bahrami, Bahman Ghobadi, Behnaz Jafari, Hassan Mohammadi,

Genres:

Drama, War,

Related Date:

2000

Run Time:

1h25'

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