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Blackboards is a 2000 Iranian film directed by Samira Makhmalbaf. It focuses on a group of Kurdish refugees after the chemical bombing of Halabja by Saddam Hussein's Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War. The screenplay was co-written by Makhmalbaf with her father, Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The dialogue is entirely in Kurdish. Makhmalbaf describes it as "something between reality and fiction. Smuggling, being homeless, and people’s efforts to survive are all part of reality... the film, as a whole, is a metaphor."
Original Release
09/01/2000
US Release
12/06/2002
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Said Mohamadi | Said |
| Behnaz Jafari | Halaleh |
| Bahman Ghobadi | Reeboir |
| Mohamad Karim Rahmati | Father |
| Rafat Moradi | Ribvar |
| Mayas Rostami | Young boy storyteller |
| Saman Akbari | Group leader |
| Ahmad Bahrami | Marriage registrar |
| Mohamad Moradi | Match maker |
| Karim Moradi | Old man |
Directors
Writers
Samira Makhmalbaf, Zaheer Qureshi, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Said Mohamadi | Said |
| Behnaz Jafari | Halaleh |
| Bahman Ghobadi | Reeboir |
| Mohamad Karim Rahmati | Father |
| Rafat Moradi | Ribvar |
| Mayas Rostami | Young boy storyteller |
| Saman Akbari | Group leader |
| Ahmad Bahrami | Marriage registrar |
| Mohamad Moradi | Match maker |
| Karim Moradi | Old man |
| Hassan Mohamadi | Child |
| Rasool Mohamadi | The boy porter |
| Somaye Veisee | Little girl |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Mohammad Ahmadi | Executive Producer |
| Shozo Ichiyama | Producer |
| Abbas Saghazsaz | Producer |
| Arswendy Bening Swara | Producer |
| Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Producer |
