Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame

Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame

81 mins | Drama, War | Sept. 9, 2007

A young girl zealously wants to go to school and learn to read and write. Almost everywhere she is met with hostility or indifference. The only young boy who takes her to his school is thrown out by the teacher, because helping her prevented him from arriving in time. On her way home she and other girls are taken as prisoners by boys playing as Taliban fighters. They tear her school book to pieces and threaten to stone their female captives.

Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame

81 mins | Drama, War | Sept. 9, 2007

Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame
A young girl zealously wants to go to school and learn to read and write. Almost everywhere she is met with hostility or indifference. The only young boy who takes her to his school is thrown out by the teacher, because helping her prevented him from arriving in time. On her way home she and other girls are taken as prisoners by boys playing as Taliban fighters. They tear her school book to pieces and threaten to stone their female captives.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Makmalbaf Film House
Original title بودا از شرم فرو ریخت
Directors Hana Makhmalbaf
Writers Marzieh Makmalbaf

Cast

Habbas Alijome

as Habbas

Abdolali Huseinali

as Talib boy

Nikbakht Noruz

as Baktay