A young boy and his mother deal with the emotional trauma of a death in the family in this subtle drama from Iranian expatriate Rafi Pitts. Issa (Ismail Amani) is a boy who one day watches several men on horseback chasing another man riding a stallion; the man being chased is shot dead, and Issa realizes the man who was killed was his father, accused of stealing the horse he was riding. Issa's mother Sanam (Roya Nonahali) stubbornly protests her late husband's innocence, but her pleas fall on deaf ears, and with little ...
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A young boy and his mother deal with the emotional trauma of a death in the family in this subtle drama from Iranian expatriate Rafi Pitts. Issa (Ismail Amani) is a boy who one day watches several men on horseback chasing another man riding a stallion; the man being chased is shot dead, and Issa realizes the man who was killed was his father, accused of stealing the horse he was riding. Issa's mother Sanam (Roya Nonahali) stubbornly protests her late husband's innocence, but her pleas fall on deaf ears, and with little money, she and her son are forced to move in with her sister-in-law. Distraught by his father's death, Issa has no real interest in helping out on the family farm, but given their grim economic circumstances, Issa learns he and his mother have little choice but to work the land. Sanam, on the other hand, must ponder the idea of marrying a man who could readily support the family, even though she knows she does not love him. Mark Deming, Rovi
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