THE ORPHANAGE (PARWARESHGHAH)
Shahrbanoo Sadat (Fiction I 90 min. I Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Afghanistan I 2019).
Produced by: Adomeit Film, La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma, Samsa Film, Wolf Pictures.
International sales: Luxbox.
Theatrical release in France: 27/11/2019 (Rouge Distribution).
World premiere: Directors’ Fortnight Cannes Film Festival 2019
Festivals: 50+ selections: Rotterdam IFFR I Reykjavik IFF *Golden Puffin Best Film I London BFI I Chicago IFF I Brussels IFF I Munich IFF I Sarajevo IFF I Melbourne IFF I etc.
In Kabul, in the late 1980s, a 15-year-old cinema ticket seller dreams of Bollywood until the Soviets force him into an orphanage.