Two-legged Horse

2008 Iranian film directed by Samira Makhmalbaf

Two-legged Horse

Directed by| Samira Makhmalbaf
Written by| Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Produced by| Maysam Makhmalbaf
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Samira Makhmalbaf
Mehrdad Zonnour
Starring| Ziya Mirza Mohamad
Haron Ahad
Cinematography| Farzad Jadat
Edited by| Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Distributed by| Wild Bunch Distribution (France)

Release date

* September 6, 2008 (2008-09-06) (Toronto International Film Festival)

Running time

| 101 minutes
Country| Iran
Languages| Persian, Uzbek

Two-legged Horse (Persian: اسب دوپا, romanized: Asbe du-pa) is a 2008 film directed by Samira Makhmalbaf and written by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.[1][2][3] The film is about a one-legged child that hires another poor child to carry him around on his back. The film was filmed in and takes place in Afghanistan.

## Plot

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A poor boy has to compete with other poor children to find a job. The winner is the child who is better able to pick up a child who lost his legs in the war to go to school. The race begins and the poor boy wins. For $1 a day, the boy picks up a stray boy like a horse every day and takes him to and from school. When he has him on his back, he races with donkeys and horses roaming the streets. He takes him to the bathroom at home and rides him, but the helpless boy is unhappy with him, because he has not yet gotten a horse the way he wants.[4][5]

## Awards

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* Special Mention Award from the 2008 Rome International Film Festival, Italy
* Georges Delerue Award for Best Soundtrack (composed by Tolib Shakhidi) at the 2008 Film Fest Gent, Belgium.
* Special Jury Prize from the 56th San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain 2008

## References

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1. ^ "'اسب دوپا' در آپارات". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
2. ^ "دعوت جشنواره فیلم تورنتو از "اسب دوپا" سمیرا مخملباف". روزنامه آفتاب یزد. 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
3. ^ ""اسب دوپا"، برنده ویژه سن‌سباستین". جام جم (in Persian). 6 October 2008. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
4. ^ "'اسب دوپا' در آپارات". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
5. ^ "اسب دوپا | makhmalbaf". www.makhmalbaf.com. Retrieved 2020-09-08.

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Films directed by Samira Makhmalbaf

* The Apple (1998)
* Blackboards (2000)
* 11′09″01 September 11 (2002)
* At Five in the Afternoon (2003)
* Two-legged Horse (2008)

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