When Pomegranates Howl

When Pomegranates Howl

🎞️ Movie 80 min AF
โ˜… 6.7 /10 2020

A Rich New Work From The Streets Of Kabul

Shot on the streets of Kabul, Granaz Moussavi’s (My Tehran For Sale) outstanding new feature is in the tradition of the great child-centred works of the 1980s when filmmakers such as Kiarostami, Panahi and Amir Naderi (to whom this film is dedicated) were putting Iranian cinema in the forefront of world production. 9-year-old Hewad is an irrepressible, street-smart kid who is energetically working every angle, hustling everything from pomegranate juice to amulets to protection from the evil eye. His real ambition is to be a movie star, and this comes a step closer when he meets an Australian photographer. But in a city where every family has a member who has been “martyred,” the streets are as perilous as they are vivid. Australia’s recent involvement with Afghanistan has been mixed, to say the best. The deeply-felt humanism of this film might just be our most effective contribution to that troubled country.

Cast

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Arafat Faiz
Hewad
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Elham Ahmad Ayazi
Nawid
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Saeida Sadat
Grandmother
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Freshta Alimi
Mother
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Amir Shah Talash
Uncle
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Hashmatullah Fanai
Mullah
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Ustad din Mohammad Saqi
Kharabat Musician
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Andrew Quilty
The Photojournalist
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Hasiba Ebrahimi
The Bride
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Masih Ayubi
Thomas
Hossein Alizadeh
Hossein Alizadeh
Composer
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Behrouz Badrouj
Cinematographer

๐ŸŽฌ Videos

When Pomegranates Howl – Trailer – SFF 21
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Trailer
When Pomegranates Howl – Trailer – SFF 21