Drama
Earth and Ashes
Elderly Dastaguir and his newly deaf 5-year-old grandson Yassin hitchhike and walk, but mostly walk, as they make their way to the coal mine where Dastaguir's son Murad works. Dastaguir must tell Murad that the rest of their family were all killed in a recent bomb attack.
Directed by Atiq Rahimi
59
User score
11 votes
Status
Released
Released
May 13, 2004
Runtime
1h 45m
Language
Persian, Pushto
Top cast
Abdul Ghani
Dastaguir
Jawan Mard Homayoun
Yassin
Wali Talash
Mirza Qadir (as Walli Tallosh)
Guilda Chahverdi
Zaynab / Woman in a Chadri
Mirza Hussein
Amro
Kader Aria
Fateh
Sher Agah
Sharmaad
Azim
The Caravanner
Vakhill Saheb
Mine Director
Roheba Azim
Young Girl
Malik Akhlaqi
Ghafar
Malikdelha
Rostam
Khale Shokrie
Dastaguir's Wife
Salam Ghani
Murad / The Prisoner
Mohamet Osman
Old Man in the Truck
Beigom
Woman with a Blue Scarf
Fakhrodin
Man in the Pick-up
Zarhe
Man in the Pick-up 2
Hamira
Tchel Sara's Woman
Rona
Woman with a Child
