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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Walli Tallosh as Mirza Quadir |
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Guilda Chahverdi as Zaynab |
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Kader Arefi as Gardien de la guérite |
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Malik Akhlaqi as Ghafar |
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Sher Agah as |
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Azim as |
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Mirza Hussein as |
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Malikdelha as Rostam |
| Writing | Atiq Rahimi | Novel |
| Camera | Éric Guichard | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Urszula Lesiak | Editor |
| Directing | Atiq Rahimi | Director |
| Production | Dimitri de Clercq | Producer |
| Sound | André Rigaut | Sound Designer |
| 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 |