A Time for Drunken Horses ranks #3 among 22 Other Asia films released between 1999–2001.
Synopsis
Zamani barayé masti asbha
After their father dies, a family of five are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq. Matters are made worse when 12 year old Ayoub, the new head of the family, is told that his handicapped brother, Madi, needs an immediate operation in order to remain alive. This heartbreaking tale shows the lengths to which a family will go in order to survive in the harshest of conditions, where even the horses are fed liquor in order to work.
Audience Engagement
96 audience reviews — more than 93% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 89th percentile among Other Asia films.
Drama + War in Other Asia
20 Other Asia titles in our catalog blend the Drama and War genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding A Time for Drunken Horses itself).
The 1999–2001 Other Asia Window
Among 22 Other Asia films we catalog from this window, A Time for Drunken Horses places #3 — near the top of its class.
The 2000s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Other Asia, 130 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Time for Drunken Horses premiered alongside 6 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 6 other Other Asia films in 2000.
The 118th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on A Time for Drunken Horses, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- illness · 5
- horse · 4
- orphan siblings · 3
- kurdish · 2
- mule · 1
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #64 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (88th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.0 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #44 of 356 (top 12%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Iran |
| Original Language | Persian |
| Production Companies | Bahman Ghobadi Films, MK2 Films, Farabi Cinema |
| Runtime | 1h 20m |
| Release Date | September 13, 2000 |
| IMDb | tt0259072 |