A Time for Drunken Horses
Directed by Bahman Ghobadi
Monday, April 15, 2002
Amherst College Campus Center Theater
7 PM
With unsentimental compassion, the film reveals the plight of the oppressed Kurd minority through the story of a close-knit family of five orphans who struggle not only for daily subsistence, but desperately seek special medical care for their severely handicapped brother. The rugged, mountainous landscapes are effectively used by the director to define the characters" courage to survive because of the love that they have for one another. The film, which was made in the area where Ghobadi grew up, received the Cannes Camera d"Or for Best First Film.
In Kurdish and Farsi with English subtitles. (Iran, 2000; color, 80m)
Part of the "At Human Cost" film series presented in conjunction with "The Culture of Violence" exhibit on display at the University Museum of Contemporary Art. |
