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Orphanage

1 hr. 30 min. | Drama, Online Only | Pegi 13

When fifteen-year-old street kid Qodrat is arrested for illegally reselling cinema tickets, he’s put in an orphanage on the outskirts of Kabul. Here, for the first time in his life, he receives some education, goes on a school trip to Moscow, makes friends, falls in love and in the meantime tries to avoid two older boys who terrorise the dormitories. Rawness, nostalgia and Bollywood fold into one another in this bittersweet coming-of-age drama.

Shahrbanoo Sadat

Shahrbanoo Sadat

Shahrbanoo Sadat is an Afghan female writer and director, based in Kabul. Her first feature film Wolf and Sheep won the main award at Director’s Fortnight 2016. Her second feature film The Orphanage is also the second part of a pentalogy, five films based on an unpublished autobiography. It has also premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
Languages
Russian, Hindi, Urdu
Subtitles
Lithuanian
Original title
Parwareshghah
Produced
2019: Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, France, Afghanistan

Film information

Director
Shahrbanoo Sadat
Producers
Katja Adomeit
Screenplay
Shahrbanoo Sadat
Cinematography
Virginie Surdej
Cast
Qodratollah Qadiri, Sediqa Rasuli, Masihullah Feraji
More information
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