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71% Critic Match
Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame
7.1 / 10• 2007• 1h 21m•NR• Persian
DramaWar
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
HA
Habbas Alijome
Habbas
LeadAH
Abdolali Huseinali
Talib boy
NN
Nikbakht Noruz
Baktay
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hana Makhmalbaf's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
