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In a remote region of Afghanistan, underprivileged children seek shelter under an elaborate maze of abandoned sewer pipes. Mirvais is one of these children. Though Mirvais is happy to find work carrying around a disabled boy around on his back, he begins to question his duties when his young master attempts to expand his otherwise simple job description. Over time, a sado-masochistic relationship develops between the two boys.

Director Samira Makhmalbaf explores the controversial topic of victimization with this tale of a severely disabled Afghani boy who humiliates and abuses the impoverished boy hired to help him become more mobile.

“I want to know how far a relationship between two people can go. On one hand, two people go all the way to the ultimate love and friendship and sacrifice for each other and on the other hand, one exploits the other like an animal. Meanwhile, through this film I attempt to discover the edge of human tolerance and how much can a human bear to meet his needs and become transformed. Let’s ask ourselves how many times has each of us become somebody else’s horse? Or used someone as our horse?”
Samira Makhmalbaf

Asbe du-pa (2008).mkv

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Runtime: 	1h 36mn
Size: 	1.78 GiB
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https://nitro.download/view/2CC359A6D3B7270/Asbe_du-pa_(2008).mkv

Language(s):Persian, Uzbek
Subtitles:English

The post Samira Makhmalbaf – Asbe du-pa AKA Two-Legged Horse (2008) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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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?

Blackboards (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000).mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 25 min
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Extra: How Samira made The Blackboard – A Video Diary by Maysam Makhmalbaf. In English and Persian/Kurdish, with hardcoded English subs for the non-English parts.

https://nitro.download/view/1C24B489BFD4F95/Blackboards_(Samira_Makhmalbaf,_2000).mkv
https://nitro.download/view/091129CC17E0005/How_Samira_made_The_Blackboard___A_Video_Diary_by_Maysam_Makhmalbaf.mkv

Language(s):Persian & Kurdish
Subtitles:English

The post Samira Makhmalbaf – Takhté siah AKA Blackboards (2000) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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In the bombed-out ruins of post-Taliban Kabul, Noqreh (Agheleh Rezaie) lives with her conservative father (Abdolgani Yousefrazi) and her sister-in-law, Leylomah (Marzieh Amiri), in temporary refuge buildings. Although her father insists that she go to the religious school, Noqreh sneaks into a secular school for girls. Her teacher encourages her to run for class president, and she finds support from a refugee poet (Razi Mahebi), who introduces her to the work of Garcia Lorca. Noqreh dreams about becoming president of Afghanistan, and she bases her political ideals on former Pakistani president Benazir Bhutto.

1.62GB | 1h 41m | 1013×548 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/B04DEC4D80C54D2/Panj_e_asr_(2003).mkv
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https://nitro.download/view/F5A9448A35486B6/Panj_e_asr_(2003).part1.rar
https://nitro.download/view/5FF6B9A0D599079/Panj_e_asr_(2003).part2.rar

Language:Dari
Subtitles:English

The post Samira Makhmalbaf – Panj é asr AKA At Five In The Afternoon (2003) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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This unusual Iranian documentary/drama is based on the true story of a poor and religious 65-year-old father who kept his two 12-year-old daughters locked in their small house from the day that they were born. Their blind mother agreed with the arrangement since she was unable to supervise them in any other way. Thanks to the concern of neighbors over the plight of Massoumeh and Zahra, a social worker looked into the matter and found the girls unable to talk or walk properly. They were given the first baths in their lives and then returned to their home. The father, believing that he has been publicly shamed by his neighbors, promises not to keep them imprisoned anymore.

Eighteen-year-old-director Samira Makhmalbaf, the daughter of the filmmaker responsible for Gabbeh, takes this raw material and spins a fascinating drama out of the experiences of the girls after they are liberated by the social worker. Makhmalbaf uses the apple, which is a symbol of knowledge and enjoyment of life, as a major motif in the unfolding story. The film celebrates freedom and presents a severe critique of the continued shabby treatment of women in societies where patriarchal authoritarianism still holds sway.

http://nitroflare.com/view/3F645971D91D747/Samira_Makhmalbaf_-_%281998%29_The_Apple.mkv

Language(s):Persian
Subtitles:English

The post Samira Makhmalbaf – Sib AKA The Apple (1998) first appeared on Cinema of the World.