Earth and Ashes

May 13, 2004

1h 45m

★ 5.6

Overview

Elderly Dastaguir and his newly deaf 5-year-old grandson Yassin hitchhike and walk, but mostly walk, as they make their way to the coal mine where Dastaguir's son Murad works. Dastaguir must tell Murad that the rest of their family were all killed in a recent bomb attack.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Afghanfilm

Les Films du Lendemain

France 3 Cinéma

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Cast

Dastaguir

Abdul Ghani

Yassin

Jawan Mard Homayoun

Mirza Quadir

Walli Tallosh

Zaynab

Guilda Chahverdi

Gardien de la guérite

Kader Arefi

Ghafar

Malik Akhlaqi

Sher Agah

Azim

Mirza Hussein

Rostam

Malikdelha

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