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THE KITES

Directed by Seyed Payam Hosseini
Iran, 2020
Short
  • 1414 minutes

Synopsis

A river flows through a valley in Kurdistan, on the border between Iran and Iraq. When a girl’s kite is swept away by the wind, she calls to three boys on the other side for help – yet between the children lie the explosive remnants of wars past.

Synopsis

A river flows through a valley in Kurdistan, on the border between Iran and Iraq. When a girl’s kite is swept away by the wind, she calls to three boys on the other side for help – yet between the children lie the explosive remnants of wars past.