A village’s children become the unwitting victims of a feud between a rich landowner and a flock of crows in this allegorical drama that harkens the devastating eight-year conflict between Iran and Iraq, and tyranny in all its forms.

As soon as Muzamil is born in a village in Sudan, a saint in the village predicts, “This child will die of twenty.” Unable to accept the curse, under the overprotection of his single mother, Muzamil turns 19 years old. It shows the outstan…