When Pomegranates Howl
Shot on the streets of Kabul, Granaz Moussavi’s (My Tehran For Sale) outstanding new feature is in the tradition of the great child-centred works of the 1980s when filmmakers such as Kiarostami, Panahi and Amir Naderi (to whom this film is dedicated) were putting Iranian cinema in the forefront of world production. 9-year-old Hewad is an irrepressible, street-smart kid who is energetically working every angle, hustling everything from pomegranate juice to amulets to protection from the evil eye. His real ambition is to be a movie star, and this comes a step closer when he meets an Australian photographer. But in a city where every family has a member who has been “martyred,” the streets are as perilous as they are vivid. Australia’s recent involvement with Afghanistan has been mixed, to say the best. The deeply-felt humanism of this film might just be our most effective contribution to that troubled country.
Year: 2021
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Director: Granaz Moussavi
Cast: Arafat Faiz, Elham Ayazi, Andrew Quilty
Crew: Tapio Liukkonen (Foley Artist), Granaz Moussavi (Director), Elias Azizi (Editor), Granaz Moussavi (Screenplay), Ali Azizi (Editor), Christine Williams (Producer)
Runtime: 83 minutes
Release: Nov 18, 2021
IMDb: 7.00/10 by 3 users
Popularity: 3
Country: Afghanistan, Australia
Language: English, فارسی, پښتو
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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