Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame
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.
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Synopsis Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame (Buda as sharm foru rikht) is a 2007 film by Hana Makhmalbaf. It is the story of a 5 year old Afghan girl who wants to go to school against all odds. Bakhtay (Nikbakht Noruz), a little girl living in the caves under the remains of the Buddha statues of Bamyan (which were destroyed by the ************ Taliban in 2001), becomes obsessed with the idea of going to school. The process to reach her dream proves to be dreadful. She has to make her way through machismo, the ravages of war, poverty and dire children´s games (including stoning of captive girls â when playing as Taliban â and unlawful executions â when playing as American army soldiers). âWikipedia Cast: Abbas Alijome, Abdolali Hoseinali, Nikbakht Noruz
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- Director
- Hana Makhmalbaf
- Starring
- Habbas Alijome, Abdolali Huseinali, Nikbakht Noruz
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