Asbe du pa, Two Legged Horse (2008, by Samira Makhmalbaf, Farsi with English subtitles)

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An old Afghan man hires a young Afghan boy at 1 a day to transport (horseback style) his crippled son around. The crippled boy s sadistic treatment of his human horse and the latter s total submission and slow metamorphosis into a horse are the counter points holding the film together.