Long synopsis : In bomb-scarred Kabul, a devout old coachman searches for a place for his family to shelter and waits for his lost son to return from Pakistan. The coachman's daughter dreams of becoming Afghanistan's future president. The family moves endlessly. With no money for medicine, their baby child grows dangerously ill. Terrible news arrives from Pakistan. Despairing, the coachman leaves Kabul, taking what remains of his family to seek a holy refuge far from the city...

Cast

• Agheleh Rezaie, Abdolgani Yousefrazi, Razi Mohebi, Marzieh Amiri

Crew

• Producer(s): Siamak Alagheband, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
• Director(s): Samira Makhmalbaf
• Screenplay: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Samira Makhmalbaf
• DP: Ebrahim Ghafori, Samira Makhmalbaf
• Editing: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
• Original Music: Mohammad Reza Darvishi

• Original Title: A CINQ HEURES DE L'APRES MIDI
• Genre(s): Drama


• Production company: MAKHMALBAF FILM HOUSE
• Production date: 2002
• Language: Persian
• Duration: 105 min
• Image Ratio: 1.85
• Sound Info: Mono

• Festival de Cannes 2003 - Competition
  Award(s) : Jury Prize
• Copenhagen International Film Festival 2003
  
• Sarajevo Film Festival 2003
  
• Montreal World Film Festival 2003
  
• Toronto International Film Festival 2003
  
• Festival do Rio 2003
  
• Chicago International Film Festival 2003
  
• Busan International Film Festival 2003
  
• BFI London Film Festival 2003
  
• American Film Institute Film Festival 2003
  
• Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2003
  
• Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2003
  
• Palm Springs International Film Festival 2004
  
• Hong Kong International Film Festival 2004
  
• Istanbul Film Festival 2004
  
• Seattle International Film Festival 2004
  
• Munich International Film Festival 2004
  
• Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2004
  
• Jerusalem Film Festival 2004
  
• Melbourne International Film Festival 2004