Boncou, Tribal Postman

A Film by Kioumars Derambakhsh
Copyright 2004 ©

     Boncou, an 11-year-old boy from Qashqai tribe, takes charge of distributing and reading the letters of tribal nomads
     after his teacher father takes a trip to Shiraz.
     Gradually, an emotional bond is established between him and tribal people.
     The tribe of Qashqai is one of the southern tribes of Iran whose language is Turkish literally Qashqai means
     white horse year by year, it decreases in number and encamps in its twill grit.
     Woman is still the soal of tribe's Glory and keeps bearing the load of a huge heritage throughout
      routs of disappearance during centuries.
 

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