When fifteen-year-old street kid Qodrat is arrested for illegally reselling cinema tickets, he’s put in an orphanage on the outskirts of Kabul. Here, for the first time in his life, he receives some education, goes on a school trip to Moscow, makes friends, falls in love and in the meantime tries to avoid two older boys who terrorise the dormitories. Rawness, nostalgia and Bollywood fold into one another in this bittersweet coming-of-age drama.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 30 min.
- Country, year
- Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, France, Afghanistan, 2019
- Genre
- Drama, Online Only
- Language
- Russian, Hindi, Urdu
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Shahrbanoo Sadat
- Screenplay
- Shahrbanoo Sadat
- Producers
- Katja Adomeit
- Cinematography
- Virginie Surdej
- Cast
- Qodratollah Qadiri, Sediqa Rasuli, Masihullah Feraji
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Director‘s Fortnight
- Romanian Days Award (Best Feature Film)
Sponsors and partners
- Audience award partner
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Director
Shahrbanoo Sadat
Shahrbanoo Sadat is an Afghan female writer and director, based in Kabul. Her first feature film Wolf and Sheep won the main award at Director’s Fortnight 2016. Her second feature film The Orphanage is also the second part of a pentalogy, five films based on an unpublished autobiography. It has also premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
