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SAFAR E GANDEHAR (2001)

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Film details

Featuring

Nelofer Pazira Hassan Tantaï Sadou Teymouri
Director

Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Countries

France Iran
Year

2001
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

KANDAHAR Alternative
SAFARE GANDAHER Alternative
SAFAR É GHANDEHAR Alternative

Synopsis

Nafas, a young Afghan journalist who took refuge in Canada, receives a desperate letter from her younger sister in Afghanistan, who has become suicidal. Nafas fled the country during the civil war with the Taliban, but now decides to go back to help her sister. She tries to enter from the Iranian-Afghan border...

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Nafas
    
    Nelofer Pazira
  - Tabib Sahid
    
    Hassan Tantaï
  - Khak
    
    Sadou Teymouri
  - cast member
    
    Hayatalah Hakimi
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Mohsen Makhmalbaf
  - Assistant Director
    
    Mojtaba Mirtahmaseb
  - Assistant Director
    
    Moinfar, Kaveh
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Makhmalbaf Productions
  - Production Company
    
    BAC Films
  - [International Sales]
    
    Wild Bunch
  - Producer
    
    Mohsen Makhmalbaf
  - Production Manager
    
    Syamak Alagheband
  - Production Assistant
    
    Abbas Saghrisaz
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Mohsen Makhmalbaf
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Ebrahim Ghafouri
  - Assistant Director of Photography
    
    Hossein Amiri
  - Assistant Director of Photography
    
    Hashem Gerami
  Stills:
  - Stills Photography
    
    Sharifiniya, M.R.
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Mohsen Makhmalbaf
  Design:
  - Set Designer
    
    Akbar Meshkini
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Darvishi, Mohammad Reza
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Behrouz Shahamat
  - Sound
    
    Faroukh Fadaï

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