Movie·2004·1h 45m
Earth and Ashes
Directed By
Atiq Rahimi
Country
Afghanistan
Language
Pushto
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// overview
The Story
Original title: Khâkestar-o-khâk
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.
Written By
Kambuzia Partovi
Producer
Dimitri de Clercq
Cinematography
Éric Guichard
Music
Khaled Arman
Editor
Urszula Lesiak
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
11 votes
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// cast
Cast
Abdul Ghani
Dastaguir
Jawan Mard Homayoun
Yassin
Walli Tallosh
Mirza Quadir
Guilda Chahverdi
Zaynab
Kader Arefi
Gardien de la guérite
Malik Akhlaqi
Ghafar
Sher Agah
Azim
Mirza Hussein
Malikdelha
Rostam
// crew
Crew
Éric Guichard
Director of Photography
Urszula Lesiak
Editor
Atiq Rahimi
Director
Dimitri de Clercq
Producer
Khaled Arman
Original Music Composer
Francesco Russo
Original Music Composer
Kambuzia Partovi
Writer
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