Two legged horse (Asbe du-pa – حصان ذو رجلين)
German title: Asbe du-pa (Zweibeiniges Pferd)
Francaise title: L’Enfant-cheval
Spain title: El caballo de dos piernas
Russian title: Двуногий конь
Original title: Asbe du-pa – حصان ذو رجلين
Alternative titles:
Le Cheval à deux pattes
Drama – Iran
Production year: 2008
Movie length: 101 minutes
Director: Samira Makhmalbaf
Writer: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cinematograph: Farzad Jadat
Music: Tolibhon Shakhidi
Movie description:
A sick and penniless prostitute is constantly raped by the poor residents of a shanty town. She has several children of all ages, who are forced to scavenge for food amongst the trash heaps of the village. A man comes from the city and takes Guiah, the oldest of the prostitute’s children, a ten-year-old boy, to work for him. In order to get the job, the boy has to participate in a contest with other poor children. The man will employ whoever can carry a crippled child – who lost his legs in war – to school on his back. A tough contest takes place and finally, the boy wins. For one dollar a day, Guiah carries the crippled boy to school and back. Like a horse.
In order to get the job, the boy has to participate in a contest with other poor children. Any one of the boys who can carry on his back a lame boy – who lost his legs in war – and take him to school and run like a horse will become the winner. A tough contest takes place and finally, the boy wins.
The boy in exchange for one dollar a day as wages has to carry the lame boy like a horse on his back and take him to and bring him back from school every day. When he carries the lame boy on his back he races with donkeys and horses in the street. The boy bathes the lame boy and washes him and puts him on the swing and instead. But the lame boy is not happy with the boy because he has not turned into a horse as the lame boy wished.
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