A Time for Drunken Horses

Infobox_Film
name = A Time for Drunken Horses


caption = "A Time for Drunken Horses" film poster
writer = Bahman Ghobadi
starring = Ayoub Ahmadi,
Rojin Younessi
director = Bahman Ghobadi
producer = Bahman Ghobadi
distributor =
released =
runtime = 80 min
language = Kurdish/Persian
budget =
imdb_id = 0259072

"A Time for Drunken Horses" (Persian: زمانی برای مستی اسب‌ها, "Zamani barayé masti asbha", Kurdish:"Demek jibo hespên serxweş" [http://www.amude.de/amude/kurdi/werger/werger5/hevpeyvin.html] ) is a 2000 Iranian (Kurdish/Persian) film directed by Bahman Ghobadi and produced in Iran. It was a co-winner of the "Caméra d'Or" award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000 [http://www.britannica.com/eb/table?tocId=9346281&idxStructId=394107&typeId=] .

Plot

A Kurdish family is trying to survive after the death of its parents. "Ayoub", the eldest boy in the family, becomes the head of the household and must do whatever work available to survive. "Madi", Ayoub's handicapped brother, is in need of a medical operation. "Ayoub" goes to great lengths to collect money for the operation by smuggling truck tires with a group of Kurdish villagers near the Iran-Iraq border. Ayoub ultimately falls short of his intended goal and his uncle decides to marry off his sister in return for the groom's family financing Madi's operation on the Iranian side of the border. When they arrive the mother of the groom refuses to accepts Madi and agrees to give Ayoub and his uncle a mule as compensation. The smugglers use mules to carry goods and fed them liquor to make them survive the harsh mountain winter. Near the border, Iranian soldiers seize the villagers'(and Ayoub's) merchandise.

Awards

#Best Film Award, Golden Camera (Caméra d'Or), Cannes Film Festival , France, 2000.
#Special Jury Award, Silver Hugo , Chicago International Film Festival , USA, 2000.
#Best Feature Award, Edinburgh Film Festival, Scotland, UK, 2000.
#Best Feature Award, Santa Fe Film Festival , Fort Lauderdale , USA, 2000.
#Grand Jury Award, São Paulo International Film Festival , Brazil, 2000.
#Best Feature, Banff International Film Festival, Canada, 2000.
#Special Jury Award, Gijon International Film Festival, Spain, 2000.
#Best feature Award, Children Film Festival , Isfahan , Iran, 2000.

Cast

#Ayoub Ahmadi
#Rojin Younessi
#Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini
#Madi Ekhtiar-dini
#Kolsolum Ekhtiar-dini
#Karim Ekhtiar-dini
#Rahman Salehi
#Osman Karimi
#Nezhad Ekhtiar-dini

External links

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* [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117781007?categoryid=31&cs=1 Review by Deborah Young] , "Variety".
* [http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/ddb5490109a79f598625623d0015f1e4/95653778cf53b9648825696a0083644b?OpenDocument Review by Christopher Null] , Film critic.
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=201841 Review by A. O. Scott] , "The New York Times".
* [http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,,537968,00.html Review by Peter Bradshaw] , "The Guardian".
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,538892,00.html Review by Philip French] , "The Observer".
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/a_time_for_drunken_horses.shtml Review by Gavin Collinson] , BBC.
* [http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=421 Review by Ed Gonzalez] , "Slant".
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2000/10/27/DD85027.DTL Review by Mick LaSalle et al.] , "San Francisco Chronicle"