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Molla Khadijeh va bachehayash

Ebrahim Mokhtari
1997 Iran 27 minutes Persian

During the summer holidays, the children from the tiny village of Mehriz to the south-east of Teheran, spend the day at Molla Khadijeh’s, a retired schoolteacher who is in charge of one of the region’s last traditional-style schools (Maktab-Chaneh). Under the old lady’s benevolent eye, the children learn their alphabet and the Koran: at the hottest time of day, they are allowed to take a break in a garden full of mouth-watering fig trees.

Production :
IRIB, Télévision iranienne
Distribution :
Cima Media International CMI; Andana Films
Editing :
Dariush Achouri
Sound :
Asghar Abgun
Photography :
Morteza Poursamadi

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