A Time for Drunken Horses
Sep 13 2000
•1h 20m
•Drama, War
After their father dies, a family of five children are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq.
Cast
See allAyoub Ahmadi
Ayoub
Rojin Younessi
Rojin
Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini
Amaneh
Madi Ekhtiar-dini
Madi
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