Earth and Ashes (2004)
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.
Director: Atiq Rahimi
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Abdul Ghani as Dastaguir |
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Jawan Mard Homayoun as Yassin |
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Wali Talash as Mirza Qadir (as Walli Tallosh) |
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Guilda Chahverdi as Zaynab / Woman in a Chadri |
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Mirza Hussein as Amro |
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Kader Aria as Fateh |
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Sher Agah as Sharmaad |
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Azim as The Caravanner |
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Vakhill Saheb as Mine Director |
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Roheba Azim as Young Girl |
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Malik Akhlaqi as Ghafar |
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Malikdelha as Rostam |
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Khale Shokrie as Dastaguir's Wife |
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Salam Ghani as Murad / The Prisoner |
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Mohamet Osman as Old Man in the Truck |
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Beigom as Woman with a Blue Scarf |
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Fakhrodin as Man in the Pick-up |
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Zarhe as Man in the Pick-up 2 |
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Hamira as Tchel Sara's Woman |
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Rona as Woman with a Child |
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Shagha as Tchel Sara's Man |
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Homayoun Paiz as Man in the Stable (as Paiz Homayoun) |
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Golbeigom as Woman in the Stable |
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Nadjiba as Woman in the Cemetery |
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Abdul Magrouf as Soldier 1 |
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Nazer Mamet as Soldier 2 |
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Abdul Manan as Mine Security |
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Khan Zerin as One-Eyed |
| Sound | André Rigaut | Sound Designer |
| Production | Dimitri de Clercq | Producer |
| Editing | Urszula Lesiak | Editor |
| Camera | Éric Guichard | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Atiq Rahimi | Novel |
| Directing | Atiq Rahimi | Director |
| Art | Jean-Luc Le Floch | Art Direction |
| Sound | Selim Azzazi | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bruno Tarrière | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Khaled Arman | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Francesco Russo | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Kambuzia Partovi | Writer |