EditParwareshghah (2019)

15/3/20

Impressive movie shows pros and cons of the Soviet

" 'The Orphanage' is made by director Shahrbanoo Sadat, who has previously directed the movie ‘Wolf and Sheep’. Now he is back with a new story about the orphan boy Qodrat in 1980’s Kabul. Qodrat gets caught by the authorities after having sold tickets to Bollywood movies on the black marked and is put in an orphanage. The orphanage is both a tough place with a strict hierarchy but also gives Qodrat some unique opportunities to experience glimpses of a normal youth life. The movie premiered on the Cannes Film Festival last year and will premiere in Danish cinemas on the 15th of April. "