Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame

Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame (2007)

بودا از شرم فرو ریخت

A young girl zealously wants to go to school and learn to read and write. Almost everywhere she is met with hostility or indifference. The only young boy who takes her to his school is thrown out by the teacher, because helping her prevented him from arriving in time. On her way home she and other girls are taken as prisoners by boys playing as Taliban fighters. They tear her school book to pieces and threaten to stone their female captives.

Date of release
2007-09-09
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (39)
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Drama, War
Director
Hana Makhmalbaf

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Buddha Was Not Demolished In Afghanistan; It Collapsed Out Of Shame

Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame is a 2007 Iranian film directed by Hana Makhmalbaf. The title is taken from her father Mohsen Makhmalbaf's book The Buddha Was Not Demolished in Afghanistan, It Collapsed Out of Shame. The story takes place in modern Afghanistan following the removal of the Taliban and revolves around a 5-year-old Afghan girl who wants to attend a newly opened school. The girl Bakhtay lives in the caves under the remains of the Buddhas of Bamiyan which were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.

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