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When Pomegranates Howl (2021)
Directed by Granaz Moussavi
“A rich new work from the streets of Kabul”
War, Drama · 1h 23m
Shot on the streets of Kabul, Granaz Moussavi’s (My Tehran For Sale) outstanding new feature is in the tradition of the great child-centred works of the 1980s when filmmakers such as Kiarostami, Panahi and Amir Naderi (to whom this film is dedicated) were putting Iranian cinema in the forefront of world production. 9-year-old Hewad is an irrepressible, street-smart kid who is energetically working every angle, hustling everything from pomegranate juice to amulets to protection from the evil eye. His real ambition is to be a movie star, and this comes a step closer when he meets an Australian photographer. But in a city where every family has a member who has been “martyred,” the streets are as perilous as they are vivid. Australia’s recent involvement with Afghanistan has been mixed, to say the best. The deeply-felt humanism of this film might just be our most effective contribution to that troubled country.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Granaz Moussavi
- Screenplay
- Granaz Moussavi
- Director of Photography
- Behrouz Badrouj
- Editor
- Shima Monfared, Ali Akhavan, Elias Azizi, Ali Azizi, Nima Nabilirad
- Producer
- Baheer Wardak, Christine Williams, Marzieh Vafamehr
Details
- Original title
- Vaght-e Chigh-e Anar
- Release date
- 2021-11-18
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Original language
- PS
- Spoken languages
- English, Persian, Pushto
- Countries
- Afghanistan, Australia