Hewad is a nine-year-old boy who supports his family by selling goods from a cart on the harsh streets of Kabul after the death of his father. At home he is also facing the challenge of the forced marriage of his mother to his uncle. He dreams of escaping his war-torn poverty existence by becoming a rich and famous actor, taking care of his mum himself and buying his family a fancy new house. An Australian photojournalist befriends Hewad and starts documenting his life in order to depict an empathetic image of the children of this war-torn society. Inspired by this, Hewad sets out to enlist his friends to help him create an imaginary Hollywood style action film.
When Pomegranates Howl
2020
14 years
83 min.
Fiction
Iran
Australia, Afghanistan, female directors, war, social portrait, childhood, dreams
Colorido
Granaz Moussavi
Granaz Moussavi
Behrouz Badrouj
Shima Monfared
Arafat Faiz, Elham Ahmad Ayazi, Saeeda Saadat, Freshta Alimi, Amir Shah Talash
Baheer Wardak, Granaz Moussavi, Christine Williams, Marzieh Vafamehr
Parvin Productions
Hossein Alizadeh
Iranian Independents
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