Khâkestar-o-khâk (Earth and Ashes)
by Atiq Rahimi
Afghanistan, France, 2003
synopsis
Dastaguir sits on the side of the road, his young grandson, Yassin, at his side. A desolate Afghan landscape stretches out all around. That road leads to a far-off coalmine, Dastaguir’s dreaded, yet ultimate, destination. He is on a desultory journey to see his son, the child’s father, who works in the mines. He must tell him that their village has been bombed and his entire family killed.
about the director
Atiq Rahimi is a French-Afghan writer and director, born in Kabul in 1962. In his native country, he studied literature at the University of Kabul. In 1984, he left for Pakistan to escape the Soviet invasion. He then decided to migrate to France, where he was granted political asylum.
