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The Sun Behind the Moon
Wed Jan 9, 7:00 PM
Cinephiles Film Club
* The Sun Behind the Moon (Kandahar) (2001) - Iranian Movies Month.
FREE EVENT
The Sun Behind the Moon (Kandahar) - The film is based on a partly true, partly fictionalized story of a successful Afghan-Canadian, played by Nelofer Pazira, who returns to Afghanistan after receiving a letter from Dyana, her lifelong girl friend who was left behind when the family escaped, that she plans on committing suicide on the last solar eclipse of the millennium.
#Its original Afghan title is Safar-e Ghandehar, which means "Journey to Kandahar", and it is alternatively known as The Sun Behind the Moon.#
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Run Time: 85 mins
Accolades: Kandahar won Makhmalbaf the Federico Fellini Prize from UNESCO in 2001, and is one of the "All-Time" 100 Movies by the periodical Time.
Introduction - 10 mins
The movie starts at 7:10 PM
20 minutes post-screening discussion
FREE EVENT
The Sun Behind the Moon (Kandahar) - The film is based on a partly true, partly fictionalized story of a successful Afghan-Canadian, played by Nelofer Pazira, who returns to Afghanistan after receiving a letter from Dyana, her lifelong girl friend who was left behind when the family escaped, that she plans on committing suicide on the last solar eclipse of the millennium.
#Its original Afghan title is Safar-e Ghandehar, which means "Journey to Kandahar", and it is alternatively known as The Sun Behind the Moon.#
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Run Time: 85 mins
Accolades: Kandahar won Makhmalbaf the Federico Fellini Prize from UNESCO in 2001, and is one of the "All-Time" 100 Movies by the periodical Time.
Introduction - 10 mins
The movie starts at 7:10 PM
20 minutes post-screening discussion