Earth and Ashes
2004•1h 45m•5.9•Released
Drama
Elderly Dastaguir and his newly deaf 5-year-old grandson Yassin hitchhike and walk, but mostly walk, as they make their way to the coal mine where Dastaguir's son Murad works. Dastaguir must tell Murad that the rest of their family were all killed in a recent bomb attack.
Director
Atiq Rahimi
Writer
Kambuzia Partovi
Languages
Persian, Pushto
Studio
Afghanfilm
Cast
Abdul Ghani
Dastaguir
Jawan Mard Homayoun
Yassin
Wali Talash
Mirza Qadir (as Walli Tallosh)
Guilda Chahverdi
Zaynab / Woman in a Chadri
Mirza Hussein
Amro
Kader Aria
Fateh
Sher Agah
Sharmaad
Azim
The Caravanner
Vakhill Saheb
Mine Director
Roheba Azim
Young Girl
Malik Akhlaqi
Ghafar
Malikdelha
Rostam
Khale Shokrie
Dastaguir's Wife
Salam Ghani
Murad / The Prisoner
Mohamet Osman
Old Man in the Truck
Production
Company
Afghanfilm
Company
Les Films du Lendemain
Company
France 3 Cinéma
Producer
Dimitri de Clercq
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