Safar e Ghandehar (2000) Directed by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf Date of birth: 1951 Teheran, Iran Writing credits: Mohsen Makhmalbaf Country: France / Iran Language: Farsi / English / Polish Color: Color Runtime: 85 minutes Released: 2000 Genre: Drama

Nelofer Pazira plays Nafas, an Afghan-born journalist living in Canada, who fled her country as a teenager. She receives a letter from her sister, who was maimed by a landmine and left behind during the escape, about her intentions to end her life. Despondent over her oppressed and hopeless situation in Taliban-controlled Kandahar, she vows to kill herself during the last eclipse of the century, which happens in a mere 3 days. Desperately racing against time, Nafas sets out on a perilous journey into a land where it's illegal for women to travel alone. Covered by the required and restrictive burqa, her faceless character meets others along the way who reveal a different but real facet of life as experienced by the people of Afghanistan.

These events and characters are inspired by Nelofer's own attempt to enter Afghanistan to save her friend, Dyana, living in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

Synopsis taken from Iranian Film Sociaty

Credited cast overview:

Niloufar Pazira .... Nafas
Hassan Tantai .... Tabib Sahid
Sadou Teymouri .... Khak
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Hoyatala Hakimi
Zahra Shafahi
Safdar Shodjai
Mollazaher Teymour

More films created by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

1. Kandahar - (Safar e Ghandehar) (2001)
2. Ghessé hayé kish (Kish Tales ) (1999)
3. Sokhout - The Silence (1998)
4. Nun va Goldoon (1996) - A Moment of innocence
5. The School Blown Away by the Wind (Short film, 1996)
6. Gabbeh (1996)
7. Salaam Cinema (1995)
8. Images From the Ghajar Dynasty (1993) / The School Blown Away by Wind
9. Gozideh Tasvir Dar Doran-e Ghajar (1996)
10. The Actor (Honarpisheh) (1993)
11. Nassereddin Shah, Actor-e Cinema (1992)
    Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992)
12. Ruzi, Ruzagari, Cinema (1992)
    Once upon a time cinema (1992)
13. Aroosie Khooban (Marriage of the Blessed 1989)
14. Dastforoush (1987) - The Peddler
15. Bicycleran (1987) - Cyclist, The
16. Boycott (1985)