An Apple from Paradise (2010)
Overview
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.
What is An Apple from Paradise about?
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. An Apple from Paradise is a Drama, War movie, released on 2010-01-01, runtime 85 minutes.
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Directed by
Homayun Morowat
Cast
- Rajab Husseinov
- Hashmat Fanaei as (as Hashmatullah Fanaee)
- Wali Talash
- Muhaidin Safa
- Mohamad Nabi Attai as (as Mohammad Nabi Ataee)
- Hassan Agha
- Zia Ferotan
- Mir Ajmel
- Ali Mohammad
- Hakem Juya
- Zabiullah Frotan
- Shah Nasir
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