Fakir’s bicycles

Fakir’s bicycles

  • Directed by Hamid Ayubi
  • Afghanistan, 2009
  • Workshops in Afghanistan - Kabul
  • Urban life, Work
  • Shooting place : Kaboul
  • Duration : 26 min
  • Audio : Parsi-Dari
  • Subtitles : English, French

Synopsis

Fakir is a religious scholar who repairs bicycles for a living. He works in the street along one of Kabul’s oldest bridges. Through him, we encounter the humble and the poor of Kabul. He fixes their bicycles and entertains them with his various talents and a great sense of humor.

  • Direction : Hamid Ayubi
  • Image : Hamid Ayubi
  • Sound : tous les stagiaires
  • Edition : Véronique Sanson

Rewards, festivals and diffusions

Gulf Film Festival

  • Place : Dubaï (UAE)
  • Date : 2011

Traces de vie

  • Place : Clermont-Ferrand (France)
  • Date : 2010

Forumdoc.bh

  • Place : Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
  • Date : 2010

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