76% Critic Match

A Time for Drunken Horses

7.6 / 10• 2000• 1h 20m•NR• Persian

DramaWar

Storyline

After their father dies, a family of five children are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq.

Cast & Crew

Ayoub Ahmadi

Ayoub

Lead

Rojin Younessi

Rojin

Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini

Amaneh

Madi Ekhtiar-dini

Madi

Kolsolum Ekhtiar-dini

—

Karim Ekhtiar-dini

—

Rahman Salehi

—

Osman Karimi

—

What People Are Saying

4.0

“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bahman Ghobadi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”

— Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

4.0

“Every frame feels alive. A Time for Drunken Horses is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”

— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

A Time for Drunken Horses

7.6 / 10• 2000• 1h 20m•NR• Persian

DramaWar

Storyline

After their father dies, a family of five children are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq.

Cast & Crew

Ayoub Ahmadi

Ayoub

Lead

Rojin Younessi

Rojin

Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini

Amaneh

Madi Ekhtiar-dini

Madi

Kolsolum Ekhtiar-dini

—

Karim Ekhtiar-dini

—

Rahman Salehi

—

Osman Karimi

—

What People Are Saying

4.0

“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bahman Ghobadi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”

— Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

4.0

“Every frame feels alive. A Time for Drunken Horses is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”

— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

A Time for Drunken Horses

Storyline

Cast & Crew

What People Are Saying

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