IRAN • 90′
a film by MASSOUD BAKHSHI
Arash is an iranian academic who lives in the west. He return to Iran to teach in Shiraz, a city far from Tehran where his mother lives. Drawn into a series of domestic and financial dramas, he faces a country that is now alien to him. Following the death of his father and the discovery of what his “respectable family” has become, he is forced to make choices.
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FESTIVALS
DIRECTOR’S FORTNIGHT – CANNES FILM FESTIVAL (France 2012)
BLACK PEARL AWARD – NEW HORIZONS FESTIVAL D’ABU DHABI (Dubaï – emirats arabes unis 2012)
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CREDIT
author-director MASSOUD BAKHSHI
producers JACQUES BIDOU, MARIANNE DUMOULIN, MOHAMMAD AFARIDEH
production FIROOZEI FILMS
editing JACQUES COMETS
cast BABAK HAMIDIAN, MEHRDAD SEDIGHIAN, AHOO KHERADMAND, MEHRAN AHMADI, PARIVASH NAZARIEH
image MAHDI JAFARI
sound JEAN-GUY VéRAN, BAHMAN HEIDARI, THOMAS ROBERT
year of production 2012
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LANGUAGES
DCP OV FARSI – STT ENG/FR