Apple from Paradise, An  Afghanistan
2008, 86min.
Producers: David Wahab, Siddiq Barmak, Dir./Script: Homayun Morowat, Director of Photography: Zainulabuddin Wasekhov, Composer: Qasem Rameshgar, Sound: Rafie Behrouzian, Editors: Waqef Al Hussaini, Rafie Behrouzian
Cast: Rajab Gussainov, Hashmat Fanaei, Wali Talsh, Mohaiuddin Safa
A pious old man, who is a proponent of suicide attackers, comes to Kabul to visit his only son, who, after the holy war had remained in the Soviet Union. He had enrolled his son in a religious school ''to study the Koran and return to the village as a Mullah''. In Kabul he learns that his son had decided to become a divine suicide bomber so as to go to Heaven. The film presents two different forces of the inner world of the protagonist father: paternal feelings and the holy religious ideology. The spectator witnesses how he loses his only son and holy belief. Shot in chaotic and dirty Kabul, the film portrays the incorrect interpretation of religion and the conflict of generations.
Awards
Best film (Didor International Film Festival, Tajikistan, 2009), Best Film (Tolo TV FF, Afghanistan, 2009), Best Feature (Amatyn IFF, 2010)
Production Company
Star Group Media
Qala e Fathullah Str.1, House # 5
Kabul, Afghanistan
Tel.: (93797265121)
Email: info@stargroup.com.af
www.stargroup.com.af
| Morowat, Homayun Homayun Morowat (born 1965, Kabul)
Graduated from the All-Union Film Institute (VGIK) in Miscow In 1984 his first short documentary, Hope, was a success with Afghan audience and had a positive impact on them. His second short documentary, Golden Dream, presents the world of a musician living in socio-political uncomfortable Afghanistan. His first feature film, Green Ashes, was banned, thus becoming the victim of political intolerance. Morowat has been living in Sweden since 1998.
Filmography
Hope (1984), Golden Dream (1987), Green Ashes (1990), An Apple from Paradise (2008)
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