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BUDDHA COLLAPSED OUT OF SHAME
director: Hana Makhmalbaf (2007)
Hana Makhmalbaf’s directorial debut, which centers on a six-year-old girl’s efforts to learn the alphabet, is the winner of the Special Jury Prize at San Sabastián Film Festival, where it was noted that “this first feature by an extremely young director impressed the jury with its exquisite cinematography and the remarkable performance by the child actress Nikbakht Noruz.” Set in the Afghani province of Bamian where, in 2001, the Taliban destroyed a pair of massive fifth-century Buddha carvings, this story shows the struggles faced by children who have witnessed unbelievable destruction. Hana’s sister, Samira, premiered her first film, The Apple, at the 1999 Women with Vision Festival. 2007, Iran/France, video, in Farsi with English subtitles, 81 minutes.
Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame
A young girl zealously wants to go to school and learn to read and write. Almost everywhere she is met with hostility or indifference. The only young boy who takes her to his school is thrown out by the teacher, because helping her prevented him from arriving in time. On her way home she and other girls are taken as prisoners by boys playing as Taliban fighters. They tear her school book to pieces and threaten to stone their female captives.
- Year:
- 2007
- Runtime:
- 81 minutes
- Language:
- Persian
- Director:
- Hana Makhmalbaf
- Screenwriter:
- Marzieh Makmalbaf
- Producer:
- Maysam Makhmalbaf
- Cast:
- Habbas Alijome, Abdolali Huseinali, Nikbakht Noruz
- Editor:
- Mastane Mohajer
- Production Design:
- Akbar Meshkini
This page is to obtain access to the Sands Films Cinema Club presentation ONLINE
To attend in person, please CLICK HERE
BUDDHA COLLAPSED OUT OF SHAME
director: Hana Makhmalbaf (2007)
Hana Makhmalbaf’s directorial debut, which centers on a six-year-old girl’s efforts to learn the alphabet, is the winner of the Special Jury Prize at San Sabastián Film Festival, where it was noted that “this first feature by an extremely young director impressed the jury with its exquisite cinematography and the remarkable performance by the child actress Nikbakht Noruz.” Set in the Afghani province of Bamian where, in 2001, the Taliban destroyed a pair of massive fifth-century Buddha carvings, this story shows the struggles faced by children who have witnessed unbelievable destruction. Hana’s sister, Samira, premiered her first film, The Apple, at the 1999 Women with Vision Festival. 2007, Iran/France, video, in Farsi with English subtitles, 81 minutes.
Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame
A young girl zealously wants to go to school and learn to read and write. Almost everywhere she is met with hostility or indifference. The only young boy who takes her to his school is thrown out by the teacher, because helping her prevented him from arriving in time. On her way home she and other girls are taken as prisoners by boys playing as Taliban fighters. They tear her school book to pieces and threaten to stone their female captives.
- Year:
- 2007
- Runtime:
- 81 minutes
- Language:
- Persian
- Director:
- Hana Makhmalbaf
- Screenwriter:
- Marzieh Makmalbaf
- Producer:
- Maysam Makhmalbaf
- Cast:
- Habbas Alijome, Abdolali Huseinali, Nikbakht Noruz
- Editor:
- Mastane Mohajer
- Production Design:
- Akbar Meshkini