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Bahman Ghobadi

Bahman Ghobadi

Iranian-Kurdish film director
February 1, 1969 (55 years old)

Rhino Season

V.O.: Fasle Kargadan

No One Knows About Persan Cats

V.O.: Kasi az gorbehayeh Irani khabar nadareh
Iran. 2009. Musical drama by Bahman Ghobadi.
Runtime: 106 min.

Half Moon

V.O.: Niwemang
Iran. 2006. by Bahman Ghobadi.

Turtles Can Fly

V.O.: Lakposhtha hâm parvaz mikonand
Iran. 2004. Dramatic comedy by Bahman Ghobadi with Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Hirsh Feyssal. In 2003, in a Kurdish refugee camp on the border of Turkey and Iraq, various orphans try to improve their lot.
Runtime: 96 min.

Les Chants du pays de ma mère

V.O.: Gomgashtei dar Aragh
Iran. 2002. by Bahman Ghobadi.

A Time For Drunken Horses

V.O.: Zamani Baraye Masti Asbha
Iran. 2000. Mores drama by Bahman Ghobadi with Ayoub Ahmadi, Madi Ekhtiar-Dini, Nezhad Ekhtiar-Dini. In Iranian Kurdistan, four orphans struggle to finance an operation for their brother who has a severe form of dwarfism.
Runtime: 80 min.

Blackboards

V.O.: Takhté siah
Iran. 2000. Social drama by Samira Makhmalbaf with Saïd Mohamadi, Bahman Ghobadi, Behnaz Jafari. After a bombing in the mountains of Iranian Kurdistan, teachers wander around with a blackboard on their backs, looking for students.
Runtime: 85 min.

The Wind Will Carry Us

V.O.: Bad ma ra khahad bord
Fr. 1999. Mores drama by Abbas Kiarostami with Behzad Dourani, Noghre Asadi, Roushan Karam Elmi. Three men from Tehran settle in a remote village in Kurdistan to carry out a mission with obscure objectives.
Runtime: 118 min.

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