Frontier Blues (2010)

  • NR
  • 07/30/2010 (GB)
  • Drama
  • 1h 35m

Overview

On Iran's northern frontier with Turkmenistan, the land of "heartbreak and tractors", director Babak Jalali mines absurdist humour and quiet pathos from the immutable routines of a stranded group of men.

Babak Jalali

Screenplay, Director

Cast

Karima McAdams's headshot

Karima McAdams

Ana
Mahmoud Kalteh's headshot

Mahmoud Kalteh

Alam
Abolfazl Karimi's headshot

Abolfazl Karimi

Hassan
Khajeh Araz Dordi's headshot

Khajeh Araz Dordi

Minstrel
Behzad Shahrivari's headshot

Behzad Shahrivari

The Uncle

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