Synopsis
The Talibans didn’t like music any more than they liked women. Under their regime, music was specifically banned. Today, in Kharabat, the musician's quarter, music is having a revival. Shoaibullah and Obaidullah, two brothers aged 13 and 14, sing and play tabla and harmonium. Their whole family lives from the income they make. From birthdays to wedding parties, nights are short but they cherish the hope of one day becoming famous musicians.
Rewards, festivals and diffusions
Festival de Cannes - Marché du film
Traces de Vies
Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels
Festival des 3 Continents
Mois du Film Documentaire
Whahid Nazir
Director
Born in 1965 in Kabul, Waheed Nazir has been raised in a middle-class family. He graduated from high school in 1980, and then he performed a three years long army service. Back in the civil life, he got a diploma in cinema for the faculty of arts of the University of Kabul before returning in the army, as an officer. Then, he began working for Afghan films for only three months, indeed he was forced to flee to Iran by the internal wars. Ten years later, in 2002, Waheed came back to Kabul after Taleban's fall. Since then, he is hired as a director by Afghan films and directed a fiction and a documentary. Between 2006 and 2011, he directed three with Ateliers Varan.
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