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A Time For Drunken Horses (2000) 
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Bahman Ghobadi's tragic, yet unsentimental first feature is influenced by his own childhood in Iran's Kurdistan. In a remote Kurdish village on the Iran-Iraq border, five motherless children endure hardscrabble lives, as heavily burdened by responsibility and loss as a smuggler's mule. Ayoub (Ayoub Ahmadi) and his young sister, Ameneh (Ameneh Ekhtiar-Dini) work at a bazaar to earn money, while simultaneously caring for their tiny, ill brother, Madi (Mehdi Ekhtiar-Dini), who suffers from a form of dwarfism. When a landmine kills their smuggler father, Ayoub must provide for the family, despite his young age. He joins the smugglers, carrying heavy loads on his back through the snowy mountains toward Iraq, while dodging the constant threat of ambush and mines. Pressure on Ayoub increases as poor Madi's illness worsens. An operation in Iraq is Madi's only hope, yet Ayoub's earnings barely cover the family's necessities. A possible solution arises when the children's eldest sister, Rojin (Rojin Younessi) enters an arranged marriage with an Iraqi, who promises to pay for the operation. With its sparse dialogue, rough settings, and intimate view of Kurdish life, Ghobadi's first feature film is a simply told and very powerful tale.
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A Time for Drunken Horses
Patrick from Dublin, 02 Feb 2008
Any film that highlights the hardship that fellow human beings endure is worthy of viewing. I loved it.
3 people out of 5 found this review helpful
A time for drunken horses
Kathy from Wexford, 27 May 2008
I would watch this film again and again! It's not the easiest to watch, but so, so beautiful. I loved it.
2 people out of 3 found this review helpful
Boring
Klair from Dublin, 10 Dec 2007
Sounds like it will be a good story but it is really slow and boring
2 people out of 4 found this review helpful
A time for drunken horses
David from Wicklow, 03 Mar 2009
There is always a time for drunken horses in my house
1 people out of 1 found this review helpful
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Milia from Waterford, 05 Jan 2010
Excellent Film. Beautiful shots, emotinally moving scenery and conveyed the human pathos in difficult circumstances, characterization strong.
Could do with subtitles.......that wouldmake it more of a receptive experience for the viewer.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Very endearing & memorable
Toni from Wicklow, 28 Oct 2010
Changes the way you feel about that side of the world, gosh they have such a hard life, its worth watching.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
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