2019 | Afghanistan | Documentary

Parwareshgah (The Orphanage)

  • 90 mins
  • Director | Shahrbanoo Sadat

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In the late 1980’s, 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 he daydreams himself in some of his favorite movie scenes. One day, the police bring him to the Soviet orphanage. But in Kabul, the political situation is changing. Qodrat and all the children want to defend their home. As the Mujahideen approach, the children of the orphanage dream themselves away into the Bollywood movies they love.

dream cinema Bollywood market orphanage