In Marziyeh Meshkini's beautifully crafted and moving insight into post-Taliban Afghanistan two children a brother and sister rescue a stray dog on the streets of Kabul. That evening they visit the jail where their mother is a prisoner and since her children have nowhere to live they are permitted to stay with her at night. But the following morning they are thrown out: prison is for criminals not homeless orphans. Desperate to return to the jail brother and sister attempt a s
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Poetic drama following the story of two homeless children who rescue a stray dog on the streets of Kabul in post-Taliban Afghanistan. When they visit the jail where their mother is a prisoner, they are permitted to stay with her for a night. But the following morning, they are thrown out: prison is for criminals, not for homeless children. Desperate to return to the jail and be with their mother, the brother and sister attempt a series of robberies, but each seems doomed to failure - until a fugitive offers them an unusual solution. The film won the Premio Open Award at the 2004 Venice Film Festival.
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