In the late 1980s, 15-year-old Qodrat lives in the streets of Kabul and sells cinema tickets on the black market. He is a big Bollywood fan and daydreams himself into some of his favorite movie scenes. Until one day, the police takes him to a Soviet orphanage. While the political situation in Kabul is changing, the children want to defend their home at all cost.
STARRING
Qodratollah Qadiri
Sediqa Rasuli
Masihullah Feraji
Hasibullah Rasooli
Ahmad Fayaz Omani
WRITER
Shahrbanoo Sadat
Inspired by Anwar Hashimi’s unpublished diary
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Virginie Surdej
SOUND
Sigrid DPA Jensen
Anne Gry
Friis Kristensen
FILM EDITING
Alexandra Strauss
PRODUCTION
Adomeit Film ApS
Coprod: Adomeit Film UG
La Fabrica Nocturna
Samsa Film
Wolf Pictures
DISTRIBUTION
Luxbox
Shahrbanoo Sadat
Shahr is an Afghan, female writer and director, based in Kabul. She studied at Atelier Varan Kabul. Her first feature film Wolf and Sheep was developed with the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence in 2010, Shahr – 20 years old at the time – the youngest ever selected. The film won the main award at Directors’ Fortnight 2016. Her second feature film The Orphanage is also the second part of a planned pentalogy, five films based on an unpublished autobiography. It was presented at Directors’ Fortnight in 2019.
FILMOGRAPHY
2009 : A SMILE FOR LIFE (Short Documentary)
2010 : VICE VERSA ONE (Short Film)
2013 : NOT AT HOME
2014 : WHO WANTS TO BE THE WOLF ? (Short Film)
2016 : WOLF AND SHEEP
2019 : THE ORPHANAGE