Angels Die in the Soil

Babak Amini
Fereshtegan Dar Khak Mimirand
Iran, Iraq 2007 / 30’

An Iraqi-Kurdish girl earns a living for her ill father by selling the bones of Iranian soldiers martyred during the Iran-Iraq war. One day she stumbles on a terrorist incident involving an American soldier on her way back home, and she decides to try to help him.

Tribeca FF 2008

Babak Amini (born in 1978, Iranian Kurdistan) went to school in Tehran and graduated with a philosophy degree. He worked for 10 years assisting director Bahman Ghobadi on A Time for Drunken Horses, Turtles Can Fly, and Half Moon.

Filmography:

2008 Anioły umierają w ziemi / Fereshtegan dar khak mimirand / Angels Die in the Soil

Credits

director: Babak Amini
screenplay: Babak Amini
cinematography: Meisam Riahi
music: Shahram Alimohammadi
cast: Donya Ghobadi, Pedram Seyfuri
producer: Babak Amini
production: Babak Amini
language: Kurdish