Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame
This remarkable and beautifully shot Iranian film explores the fundamentalist Muslim Taliban regime through the eyes of children; too young to fully understand it but old enough to feel its impact on their lives. Baktay is a six-year-old Afghan girl with a strong desire to read and attend school, something which only boys are encouraged to do. Whilst her mother is away Baktay steals her lipstick to use as a pencil, and trades stolen eggs for a notebook. She then heads off to school, on a dangerous route which takes her into the 'play area' of a group of wild boys playing war games. What follows is a skillfully handled contrast between the innocence of youth and the brutality of the grown-up world that they are imitating.
Year: 2007
Genre: Drama, African & Middle Eastern
Country: France, Iran
Director: Hana Makhmalbaf
Duration: 77 Minutes
Rating: PG - Contains coarse language.
Subtitles: Yes
7.3/10
Location in store: Foreign (Africa & Middle East)
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