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Bahman Ghobadi's tragic, yet unsentimental first feature is influenced by his own childhood in Iran's Kurdistan. In a remote Kurdish village on the Iran-Iraq border, five motherless children endure hardscrabble lives, as heavily burdened by responsibility and loss as a smuggler's mule. Ayoub (Ayoub Ahmadi) and his young sister, .. Read more

Starring	Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-Dini, Nezhad Ekhtiar-Dini
Director	Bahman Ghobadi
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- "...The movie is brief, spare and heartbreaking....A TIME FOR BROKEN HORSES has the same kind of conviction as movies like THE BICYCLE THIEF, SALAAM BOMBAY and PIXOTE.."
- 10937
- - Chicago Sun
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
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  Beautiful and harrowing
  
  Not a Hollywood blockbuster, obviously. Bruce Willis does not come riding into Iran to save the Kurds and make it all right. Instead, you have a magnificently ... read more »
  
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  - 31 Jul 2004 at 07:27
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  poor subtitles
  
  I would have liked to have seen this film but the subtitles were so low down the screen that you could not see them, then for a lot of the film there were no ... read more »
  
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  - Heywood
  - 29 Nov 2007 at 20:37
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  Tragic
  
  A very grim and daunting account of a family's tragic fight for survival on the mountain borders between Iran & Iraq.
  
  You'll feel lucky ... read more »
  
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  - Potatoborough
  - 24 Nov 2006 at 23:15
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  A film to treasure.
  
  This beautifully filmed story of a family of children in the mountains of Iraq and their struggle to survive in the extremely harsh conditions, is intensely ... read more »
  
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  - somerset
  - 07 Nov 2005 at 20:59
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  Unbearable suffering
  
  Beautifully shot and acted, this film about the harrowing life of children in war torn kurdish village is very very difficult to watch in our lush western homes... read more »
  
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  - 18 Aug 2005 at 15:10
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  faulty, not able to view
  
  please re-send, I'd still like to see this film
  
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  - Suffolk
  - 07 Jul 2005 at 11:44
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  It made me think!
  
  This film made me think, made me appreciate my life and made me think that there are other styles of life too. WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT FROM A FILM?????
  
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  - Cambridge ENGLAND
  - 14 Jun 2005 at 09:31
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  Very harsh existence
  
  This film portrays a very harsh way of life from the point of view of a small family of orphans. Filming is superb and the young actors are all extremely good. ... read more »
  
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  - 31 May 2005 at 21:50
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  Insight into another culture
  
  Quite hard to know that there is such a different parallel life going on where such hardship exists. Despite this an uplifting story, beautifully filmed and ... read more »
  
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  - scotland
  - 24 Feb 2005 at 20:20
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  Makes you realise how lucky we are in the West
  
  A moving story set in the snow clad mountains on the Iran - Iraq border where life seems to barely exist and the only work available is to smuggle large truck ... read more »
  
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- - Eilmer
  - Wiltshire
  - 19 Feb 2005 at 11:03
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  Cultural glimpse
  
  I was very impressed with the cinematography. The landscapes gave an incredible addition to the story. It was very moving, as it was very well acted. I must say... read more »
  
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  - 10 Feb 2005 at 17:26
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  Beautiful and harrowing
  
  Not a Hollywood blockbuster, obviously. Bruce Willis does not come riding into Iran to save the Kurds and make it all right. Instead, you have a magnificently ... read more »
  
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  - 31 Jul 2004 at 07:27
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  It made me think!
  
  This film made me think, made me appreciate my life and made me think that there are other styles of life too. WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT FROM A FILM?????
  
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  - Cambridge ENGLAND
  - 14 Jun 2005 at 09:31
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  Drunken Mules
  
  This is a real eye-opening movie from Iran in the same vein as ?The Bicycle Thief? or ?Salaam Bombay?.
  
  The film takes place near the Iran/Iraq border... read more »
  
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  - 20 Aug 2004 at 10:09
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  Insight into another culture
  
  Quite hard to know that there is such a different parallel life going on where such hardship exists. Despite this an uplifting story, beautifully filmed and ... read more »
  
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  - scotland
  - 24 Feb 2005 at 20:20
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  ...now is the winter of our discontent
  
  Short and to the point, life is hard for this Iranian family, you do what you can to get by, you love your family and you work hard, but will it ever be enough... read more »
  
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- - splattermac
  - Cheshire
  - 21 Feb 2004 at 18:13
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  A moving and ...
  
  A moving and insightful drama set in Iran, on the Iran Iraq border. The drama follows the struggles of a family led by children striving to survive in difficult... read more »
  
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- - Bosmania
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  - Derbyshire
  - 09 Mar 2004 at 00:05
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  Very harsh existence
  
  This film portrays a very harsh way of life from the point of view of a small family of orphans. Filming is superb and the young actors are all extremely good. ... read more »
  
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- - crispin40
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  - 31 May 2005 at 21:50
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  A raw film which ...
  
  A raw film which charts the harsh realities of life in a Kurdish village, on the Iran-Iraq border. It almost feels like a documentary - all the performances are... read more »
  
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- - jcar
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  - 09 Mar 2004 at 17:13
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  Sad and realistic ...
  
  Sad and realistic movie about real like in Iraq from a boys point of view. Well worth a watch.
  
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- - rayasvensson#1
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  - 23 Jan 2004 at 10:46
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  A great film. Very ...
  
  A great film. Very interesting characters. Brilliantly put together. Well worth a watch.
  
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- - recker#1
  - LONDON
  - 28 Mar 2004 at 10:30

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Critics' reviews
- "...The movie is brief, spare and heartbreaking....A TIME FOR BROKEN HORSES has the same kind of conviction as movies like THE BICYCLE THIEF, SALAAM BOMBAY and PIXOTE.."
- 10937
- - Chicago Sun
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...[A] beautiful, heart-rending film....A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES is a film of simplicity and power, beautifully shot and effortlessly acted by nonprofessionals..."
- 10939
- - Los Angeles Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...Emotionally intense....Excellent....Genuine and heartbreaking, the images and emotions are sure to linger inside long after you've left the cinema..."
- 10942
- - Total Film
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- A remarkable film: a blazingly passionate, spiritual bulletin from a contemporary front-line of almost unimaginable hardship.
- 32073
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- Ghobadi (who was Kiarostami's assistant on The Wind Will Carry Us and played a teacher in Blackboards) was born in... read more on Time Out
- 45358
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
- "...The film carries a searing emotional charge....Strikingly shot....Excellently acted by its young cast..."
- 10941
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59

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