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The Orphanage (2019)

Genre : Music, Drama

Runtime : 1H 30M

Director : Shahrbanoo Sadat
Writer : Shahrbanoo Sadat

Synopsis

A historic drama with musical Bollywood scenes. Kabul in the early 90s. Soviet values rule the country. Women can wear miniskirts, children can go to school and people can go to the cinema, concerts as well as universities. Life in Afghanistan is similar to life in the Western world. 14 years old Qodrat sells cinema tickets on the black market in the streets of Kabul. After selling a ticket to a secret police officer by mistake, he ends up at the Soviet orphanage, where he fakes his identity at the registration, in hope of getting more power. Everyday life for Qodrat is about friendships, falling in love, doing naughty things and going on adventures – just like it is for children in other parts of the world. However, behind the safe walls of the orphanage the world they once knew is drastically changing as the Mujahideens start the civil war.

Actors

Hasibullah Rasooli
Hasibullah Rasooli
Hasib
Masihullah Feraji
Masihullah Feraji
Feraji
Qodratollah Qadiri
Qodratollah Qadiri
Qodrat
Sediqa Rasuli
Sediqa Rasuli
Sediqa
Anwar Hashimi
Anwar Hashimi
Anwar
Ahmad Fayaz Omadi
Ahmad Fayaz Omadi
Fayaz

Crews

Shahrbanoo Sadat
Shahrbanoo Sadat
Director
Katja Adomeit
Katja Adomeit
Producer
Alexandra Strauss
Alexandra Strauss
Editor
Virginie Surdej
Virginie Surdej
Director of Photography
Shahrbanoo Sadat
Shahrbanoo Sadat
Screenplay
Jón Hammer
Jón Hammer
Associate Producer
Marina Perales Marhuenda
Marina Perales Marhuenda
Co-Producer
Bernard Michaux
Bernard Michaux
Associate Producer
Tine Mikkelsen
Tine Mikkelsen
Associate Producer
Xavier Rocher
Xavier Rocher
Co-Producer
Jani Thiltges
Jani Thiltges
Co-Producer
Claude Waringo
Claude Waringo
Associate Producer
Haiga Jappain
Haiga Jappain
Co-Producer
Samantha Mialet
Samantha Mialet
Assistant Director
Sigrid Dagny Palm Ålbæk Jensen
Sigrid Dagny Palm Ålbæk Jensen
Sound Designer
Anne Gry Friis Kristensen
Anne Gry Friis Kristensen
Sound Designer

Posters and backgrounds

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