ORPHELINAT (L') (VOST) - DVD ( The Orphanage ) ( Parwareshghah )

ORPHELINAT (L') (VOST) - DVD (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Orphanage
Alternate Title: Parwareshghah
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
000 min

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2019 and produced in:
Afghanistan ( Africa, Middle East )
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Luxembourg ( France, Benelux )
South Korea ( India, Eastern Asia )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Shahrbanoo Sadat

Written By:
Shahrbanoo Sadat

Actors:
Anwar Hashimi ..... Anwar (the supervisor)
Daria Gaiduk ..... Sima Petrovna
Hasibullah Rasooli ..... Hasib
Karan Jeet Singh ..... Karan Jeet
Qodrat ..... Qodrat
Eshanullah Kharoti ..... Eshan
Masihullah ..... Feraji
Fridoon Muradi ..... Feraidoon
Sediqa ..... Sediqa
Ahmad Fayaz Osmani ..... Fayaz
Abdul Rahman Formoli ..... Rahman
Nahid Yakmanesh ..... Miss Deputy Director
Asadullah Kabiri ..... Asad
Arthur Köstler ..... Commander of Mujahideen
Yama Yakmanesh ..... Mister Director

Synopsis:

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A 15-year-old ticket scalper in Kabul dreams of Bollywood until the Soviets force him into a state facility.

Set in late Soviet-era Afghanistan, this coming-of-age tale from Shahrbanoo Sadat follows her acclaimed debut Wolf and Sheep, and is the second film in a planned pentalogy based on the diary of writer Anwar Hashimi. Protagonist Qodrat returns, now a 15-year-old boy who is sent to a state orphanage after getting caught selling black market cinema tickets. Coping with bullies, friendship and a nascent romance, Qodrat finds escape in Bollywood-esque song-and-dance fantasies that delight him - and the audience - even as his homeland starts to fall apart. Sadat captures the innocence of late 1980s Afghan youth with pleasing and nostalgia-tinted charm, while remaining keenly aware of the violence that history would soon thrust upon them.

In the late 1980s, 15-year-old Qodrat lives in the streets of Kabul and sells cinema tickets on the black market. He is a big Bollywood fan and he daydreams himself into some of his favorite movie scenes. One day the Police bring him to the Soviet orphanage. But in Kabul the political situation is changing. Qodrat and all the children want to defend their home.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 11 September, 2025.