MON JUN 3, 2024 7:00 PM

A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3’

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  • RELEASED IN: 2000
  • 80 MINUTES
  • DIRECTED BY: Bahman Ghobadi

ABOUT THE FILM:

In Kurdish and Persian with English subtitles.

The youngest of a destitute Kurdish family has a terminal illness, and his young siblings struggle to pay for a life-saving operation. In desperation, the eldest sister agrees to marry an Iraqi willing to care for the boy. At the border exchange, however, the family of the man rejects the sick boy, putting the siblings in a harrowing race against time.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Iran/France

Rare 35mm print courtesy of the TIFF Film Reference Library