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Two-Legged Horse

V.O.: Asbe du-pa

Iran. 2008. Drama by Samira Makhmalbaf with Ziya Mirza Mohamad, Haron Ahad, Gol-Ghotai. The unhealthy relationship between the one-legged child of a wealthy businessman and the poor boy hired to carry him on his back.

Runtime: 101 min.

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Asbe du-pa

Iran. 2008. by Samira Makhmalbaf.

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At Five in the Afternoon

V.O.: Panj e Asr

Iran. 2003. Social drama by Samira Makhmalbaf with Agheleh Rezaie, Abdolgani Yousefrazi, Razi Mohebi. In Afghanistan, after the fall of the Taliban, the daughter of an old fundamentalist dreams of becoming president of the country.

Runtime: 86 min.

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11'09''01 - September 11

Fr. 2002. Sketches by Samira Makhmalbaf, Claude Lelouch, Youssef Chahine, Danis Tanovic, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Ken Loach, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Amos Gitaï, Mira Nair, Sean Penn, Shohei Imamura with Maryam Karimi, Emmanuelle Laborit, Nour El-Sherif. Eleven filmmakers from around the world give their vision of the September 11, 2001 attacks in 11 minutes, 9 seconds and one image.

Runtime: 133 min.

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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.

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The Apple

V.O.: Sib

Iran. 1998. Mores drama by Samira Makhmalbaf with Massoumeh Naderi, Zahra Naderi, Ghorban Ali Naderi. A social worker comes to the aid of two girls, who have been confined for eleven years by their elderly father and their blind mother.

Runtime: 85 min.