Search: Directed by Bahman Ghobadi

A Flag Without A Country (2015)

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Everything here is sincerely meant but Gobadi struggles to make the stories fit together in any meaningful way, with the scripting paradoxically too loose for most of the film and then suddenly far too on the nose.

Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5

Docu-fiction following two Kurds hoping to construct a better future for the next generation.
Half Moon (2006)

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Sympathy for the underdog and belief in the power of the human spirit shine through.

Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5

A Kurdish Iranian musician travels to Iraq for a concert after the fall of Saddam, determined to bring a legendary female vocalist with him, despite the fact that women are forbidden to sing in public.
No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)

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The 'story' is somewhat simplistic, but the state-of-a-nation snapshot it allows to be revealed is complex and highly emotive.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5

Fiction meets documentary in this story of underground musicians in Tehran.
A Time For Drunken Horses (2000)

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Beautifully shot, in a near documentary style, by Bahman Ghobaadi, it really draws the viewer into the plight of the many Kurdish families without a homeland.

Trinity · 3.5 out of 5

A young Kurdish boy must support his family in Northern Iran.