Frontier Blues
On Iran's northern frontier with Turkmenistan, the land of "heartbreak and tractors", director Babak Jalali mines absurdist humour and quiet pathos from the immutable routines of a stranded group of men.
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Cast
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Karima McAdams
Ana
Known for
Hijack
The Wheel of Time
Mahmoud Kalteh
Alam
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Babak Jalali
Homayoun Assadian
Abolfazl Karimi
Hassan
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Ginevra Elkann
Khajeh Araz Dordi
Minstrel
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George Hashemzadeh
Known for
It Was Just an Accident
Behzad Shahrivari
The Uncle
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Saadi Soudavar
Babak Jalali Director
United States release April 2, 2010 · Produced in Iran, Italy, United Kingdom · Languages Persian, Turkmen
Production
Caspian Films
Production
Iran · Italy · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Persian · Turkmen
Release dates
Switzerland · August 11, 2009
Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
United States · April 2, 2010
New Directors/New Films
United Kingdom · July 30, 2010
Theatrical
Belgium
October 8, 2009 · Gent International Film Festival
Brazil
October 1, 2009 · São Paulo International Film Festival
Bulgaria
March 12, 2010 · Sofia International Film Festival
Croatia
July 3, 2010 · Libertas Film Festival
France
January 28, 2010 · Vesoul Asian Film Festival
India
January 7, 2010 · Pune International Film Festival
Portugal
June 8, 2010 · Festróia Film Festival
Spain
November 1, 2009 · Gijón International Film Festival
Sweden
November 24, 2009 · Stockholm International Film Festival
Taiwan
May 3, 2013 · New Taipei City Film Festival
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