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A Time for Drunken Horses

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The youngest of a destitute Kurdish family has a terminal illness, and his young siblings struggle to pay for a life-saving operation. In desperation, the eldest sister agrees to marry an Iraqi willing to care for the boy. At the border exchange, however, the family of the man rejects the sick boy, putting the siblings in a harrowing race against time.

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Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) 04/30/2024
A Time for Drunken Horses is the first Iranian feature with entirely Kurdish dialogue. If that doesn't get queues forming around the block, it should be added that it's a dynamic entry in this ever-growing national canon. Go to Full Review Roger Clarke Independent (UK) 04/30/2024
It's hard to criticise a movie with such a laudable humanitarian agenda, or its impoverished director, who virtually stopped eating to make it. Occasionally, though, I felt the story relied a little too heavily on that grim tug at the heartstrings. Go to Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
3/4
The movie is brief, spare and heartbreaking. Go to Full Review David Walsh World Socialist Web Site 07/09/2020
It's a very painful, very beautiful film, made with extraordinary intensity and sincerity. Go to Full Review Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television 12/29/2015
Fascinating inside look at a rarely seen region. Go to Full Review Sean Axmaker Turner Classic Movies Online 04/01/2011
... a hard yet visually beautiful portrait of grueling third world lives under the desperation of poverty and the terror of war. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Sachin E @sachineldho 02/04/2021 Loved everything in this movie. It's very depressing because the story is so real. Keep some tissue paper ready, you might wanna cry. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Bahman Ghobadi

Director

Nezhad Ekhtiar-dini

Actor

Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini

Ameneh

Madi Ekhtiar-Dini

Madi

Ayoub Ahmadi

Ayoub

Jouvin Younessi

Rojin

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A Time for Drunken Horses

A Time for Drunken Horses (2000) A Time for Drunken Horses (2000) A Time for Drunken Horses (2000) NEZHAD EKHTIAR-DINI stars in A Time for Drunken Horses, a Shooting Gallery release, directed by BAHMAN GHOBADI. Photo: Dj Baratimehr c 2000 Shooting Gallery. AMANEH EKHTIAR-DINI stars in A Time for Drunken Horses, a Shooting Gallery release, directed by BAHMAN GHOBADI. Photo: Dj Baratimehr c 2000 Shooting Gallery. NEZHAD EKHTIAR-DINI and MADIEKHTIAR-DINI star in A Time for Drunken Horses, a Shooting Gallery release, directed by BAHMAN GHOBADI. Photo: Dj Baratimehr c 2000 Shooting Gallery. View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis The youngest of a destitute Kurdish family has a terminal illness, and his young siblings struggle to pay for a life-saving operation. In desperation, the eldest sister agrees to marry an Iraqi willing to care for the boy. At the border exchange, however, the family of the man rejects the sick boy, putting the siblings in a harrowing race against time.
Director
Bahman Ghobadi
Producer
Bahman Ghobadi
Screenwriter
Bahman Ghobadi
Distributor
Shooting Gallery
Production Co
MK2 Productions, Farabi Cinema Foundation, Bahman Ghobadi Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Kurdish
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 13, 2000, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Feb 15, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$701.5K
Runtime
1h 20m
Sound Mix
Stereo