Earth and Ashes (2004)
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.
- Date of release
- 2004-05-13
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Atiq Rahimi
Casting
- Abdul Ghani — Dastaguir
- Jawan Mard Homayoun — Yassin
- Wali Talash — Mirza Qadir (as Walli Tallosh)
- Guilda Chahverdi — Zaynab / Woman in a Chadri
- Mirza Hussein — Amro
- Kader Aria — Fateh
- Sher Agah — Sharmaad
- Azim — The Caravanner
- Vakhill Saheb — Mine Director
- Roheba Azim — Young Girl
- Malik Akhlaqi — Ghafar
- Malikdelha — Rostam
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