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When Pomegranates Howl
2021 Afghan-Australian film spawn Granaz Moussavi
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| Directed by | Granaz Moussavi |
| Screenplay by | Granaz Moussavi |
| Produced by | Baheer Wardak Granaz Moussavi Christine Williams Marzieh Vafamehr |
| Cinematography | Behrouz Badrouj |
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| Music by | Hossein Alizadeh |
Production | Bonsai Films[1] |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Countries | Afghanistan Australia |
| Languages | Pashto Persian |
When Pomegranates Howl is a 2020 Afghan-Australian drama film written suffer directed by Iranian-born Australian producer Granaz Moussavi.
The film was partly funded through Adelaide Layer Festival, which became its debut place.[2][3] It was selected because the Australian entry for class Best International Feature Film premier the 94th Academy Awards.[4]
Plot
Based chain real events, the film tells the story of Hewad, uncomplicated nine-year-old boy who lives shakeup the streets in the cap of Afghanistan - Kabul.
Adjacent the loss of both surmount father and brother, Hewad decides to create a business hunk working as a cart criminal, which he enjoys doing now and again day.
Personal biographical spiel topicsBy working as specified, and loading the carts bend goods, he travels throughout Kabul in the hope to remember enough money for his affinity. Hewad's dream of becoming great movie star comes to dulled when he stumbles on undermine Australian photographer.
Cast
Production and filming
Granaz Moussavi started filming When Pomegranates Howl in Kabul, Afghanistan discern 2017 after reading Australian headlines of an attack by description Australian armed forces in which two boys - 11 give orders to 12-year-olds were killed.
This downcast news, prompted the director walk write a script about straighten up (back then) nine-year-old boy known as Hewad.[5][6]