Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he offers to guide them, and takes as his wife Halaleh, the clan's lone woman, a widow with a young son. Reeboir attaches himself to a dozen pre-teen boys weighed down by contraband they carry across the border; they're mules, always on the move. Said and Reeboir try to teach as their potential students keep walking. Danger is close; armed soldiers patrol the skies, the roads, and the border. Is there a role for a teacher? Is there hope?

Rating: 6.6

Cast:

Mohamad

Moradi

Karim

Moradi

Hassan

Mohamadi

Rasool

Mohamadi

Somaye

Veisee

Said

Mohamadi

Behnaz

Jafari

Bahman

Ghobadi

Mohamad

Karim

Rafat

Moradi

Mayas

Rostami

Saman

Akbari

Ahmad

Bahrami

Mohamad

Moradi

Karim

Moradi

Hassan

Mohamadi

Rasool

Mohamadi

Somaye

Veisee

Said

Mohamadi

Behnaz

Jafari

Bahman

Ghobadi

Mohamad

Karim

Rafat

Moradi