Buda as sharm foru rikht

The beauty and grief of present-day Afghanistan receives epic, poetic treatment from Hana Makhmalbaf, the youngest member of master director Mohsen Makhmalbaf's remarkable family. Set in Bamian, the actual town where the Taliban's destruction of cultural treasures sickened the world, Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame is an exotic and frightening journey into the minds of the children who live in that desolate area - and children affected by violence everywhere. (tiff07.ca)