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Son of a Lion (2007)
Directed by Benjamin Gilmour
Drama, War · 1h 32m
In the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, a widowed father expects his only son to follow in his footsteps. Darra Adam Khel is home to the ethnic Pashtuns. The local industry is the handcrafting of firearms. It has been this way since long before the war on terror. Eleven-year-old Niaz Afridi works with his father learning how to make and test weapons just as Sher Alam learnt from his father before him. But Niaz doesn’t want to follow in his father’s footsteps. He wants to go to school.
Cast
N
Niaz Khan Shinwari
The Son
S
Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad
The Father
B
Baktiyar Ahmed Afridi
The Uncle
A
Anousha Vasif Shinwari
Anousha Baktiyar
F
Fazal Bibi
Grandma
K
Khaista Mir
Pite Afridi / Shell-catching boy
H
Hayat Khan Shinwari
Hayat Afridi
A
Agha Jaan
Agha Jaan
N
Noor Ullah
Agha Jaan's son
M
Mubasir Afridi
Rabab player
S
Sarwar Khan Shinwari
Grandpa
K
Khalid Khan
Dentist
Crew
- Director
- Benjamin Gilmour
- Writer
- Benjamin Gilmour
- Producer
- Carolyn Johnson
Details
- Original title
- بپي شير
- Release date
- 2007-10-06
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Original language
- PS
- Spoken languages
- Pushto
- Countries
- Pakistan, Australia
- Production
- Australian Film Commission, Carolyn Johnson Films, Leapfrog Productions