Earth and Ashes (2004)
1h 45m
Running Time
May 13, 2004Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Abdul Ghani
Dastaguir
Walli Tallosh
Mirza Quadir
Jawan Mard Homayoun
Yassin
Guilda Chahverdi
Zaynab
Malik Akhlaqi
Kazim
Kader Arefi
Gardien de la guérite
Atiq Rahimi
Director
Malik Akhlaqi
Ghafar
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Earth and Ashes (Persian: خاکستر و خاک) is a 2004 Afghan film directed by Atiq Rahimi, based on his book of the same name which was published in 2000. It was Afghanistan's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but was not nominated. It was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Golden Dhow award at the 2005 Zanzibar International Film Festival.