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
28 people
Abdul Ghani
Dastaguir
Jawan Mard Homayoun
Yassin
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Wali Talash
Mirza Qadir (as Walli Tallosh)
Also in
Buzkashi Boys
An Apple from Paradise
Guilda Chahverdi
Zaynab / Woman in a Chadri
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Mirza Hussein
Amro
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Kader Aria
Fateh
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Sher Agah
Sharmaad
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Azim
The Caravanner
Vakhill Saheb
Mine Director
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Roheba Azim
Young Girl
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Malik Akhlaqi
Ghafar
Known for
Osama
Malikdelha
Rostam
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Atiq Rahimi Director · Kambuzia Partovi Writer Khaled Arman Composer
United States release May 13, 2004 · Produced in Afghanistan, France · Languages Pashto, Persian
Production
Afghanfilm
Production
Les Films du Lendemain
Production
France 3 Cinéma
Production
Afghanistan · France
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Languages
Original title
Khâkestar-o-khâk
Original language
Pashto
Spoken on screen
Pashto · Persian
Release dates
United States · May 13, 2004
Theatrical
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