Dariush Mehrjui

08.12.1939, Teheran

 

Director
Mehrjui is an Iranian director, screenwriter, producer, editor and member of the Iranian New Wave. At the age of twenty he moved to the USA and began studying film at the Californian UCLA. There he met and attended Jean Renoir lecture but as he was unsatisfied with the studies’ structure he transferred to philosophy and graduated in 1964. He returned to his homeland and made his feature film debut with the James Bond parody Diamond 33 (Almaas 33) in 1966. His next film was Gaav (Cow) and it won an international award in 1971 after it was smuggled from Iran and presented at the Venice Film Festival. This film also marked the beginning of the New wave in Iranian film. In 1973, he directed The Cycle (Dayereh mina), but it was banned and shown publicly in 1977. Due to the inability to work in Iran he temporarily moved to California and returned to his homeland after the Iranian revolution. After he made his film The School We Went To (Hayate Poshti Madreseye Adl-e-Afagh, 1980) he moved to Paris for a few years and returned to Iran in 1985. In 1990 he made Hamoun, followed by Pari (1995), unauthorized adaptation of J. D. Salinger’s novel “Franny and Zooey”, Leila (1997), The Pear Tree (Derakht-e Golabi, 1998), Banoo (The Lady, 1999), To Stay Alive (Bemani, 2002), Mum's Guest (Mehman-e Maman, 2004) and Santoori (2007).

Films by this director

Mum's Guest

(Mehmane maman, 2004)

Directed by: Dariush Mehrjui
PHOTOGRAPHY: Turaj Mansuri
Synopsis:

Mrs. Effat, mother of two children, learns that her nephew will visit her with his new wife. Even though it seems like a simple matter Mrs. Effat is troubled. Because of the poverty that she lives in, Mrs Effat is afraid that her husband will not be able to offer a decent meal to the guests. A group of unusual neighbors plays an important part in this story…

color, 103 min

Beloved Sky

(Aseman-e mahboub, 2010.)

Directed by: Dariush Mehrjui
PHOTOGRAPHY: Farrokh Majidi
Synopsis:

Na vrhuncu karijere i društvenog uspjeha mladi, urbani doktor saznaje da ima neizlječivu bolest i zbog toga odlučuje sam sebi presuditi. Plan mu pomuti neplaniran posjet udaljenom selu, susret s dvoje ljudi s kojima će otkriti prošlost i budućnost, iako nije želio doživjeti ni sutra…

color, digital, 80 min

The Cow

(Gaav, Iran, 1969)

Directed by: Dariush Mehrjui
PHOTOGRAPHY: Fereydon Ghovanlou
Synopsis:

Hassan jedini u selu posjeduje kravu. Za njegova odlaska u grad, krava ugine. Znajući da je Hassan doslovce obožavao svoju kravu, seljani strahuju od njegove reakcije po povratku. Nagrada FIPRESCI na filmskom festivalu u Veneciji 1971; Nominacija za Zlatnog Huga na filmskom festivalu u Chicagu 1971; Nagrada OCIC na filmskom festivalu u Berlinu 1972. 

b/w, 105 min
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