France, Iran, 2007 | 81 min. | Dir. Hana Makhmalbaf
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Though the film's politics are a bit crude (the first shot is archival video from the destruction of Afghanistan's Buddhas of Bamyan by the Taliban in 2001), they're not unsympathetic. And 18-year-old Hana Makhmalbaf, the youngest member of the filmmaking dynasty that now includes her father Mohsen and sister Samira, mostly sticks to what she knows (and what the Iranian new wave does) best: Kids. The simple story at the heart of Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame, about a very poor Afghan girl who craftily collects school supplies so that she can learn to read funny stories, is touching and sweet.
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