Two-Legged Horse (Asbe du-pa)
Directed by: Samira MakhmalbafCast list: Ziya Mirza Mohamad, Haron Ahad, Gol Gotai Karimi, Khojeh Nader, Yasin Tavildar.
Country: Iran
Year: 2008
Genres: Drama /
Runtime: 101 min.
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The story is set in Afghanistan. A father who has a young son with one leg and no other household members must go to India for some weeks. He hires another boy for a dollar a day to carry the son around on his back, to the school or to whatever whims may occur to the son. Actually the son is so skilled in jumping at really great speed, that he does not need any help or any "horse". The son's whims include not only verbal and physical abuse, but also repeated "horse fights" where "the horse" will continually be knocked down. Even "the horse's" tender feelings for a child girl beggar are exploited and mocked. Because of the brutal and degrading treatment "the horse" will become more and more similar to a real horse.
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Subjects: Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / children, children’s rights / adolescence, youth / means of transportation and /or traffic safety education / human geography / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders /
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