Cycle
From 04.03. To 09.03.2008.
Program of contemporary Iranian films II
Films in cycle
Night Bus
(Autobus-e Shahbaneh, 2007)
Directed by: Kiomars Pourahmad
PHOTOGRAPHY: Mehdi Jafari
Synopsis:
This is a war drama taking place during the Iranian and Iraqi conflict in 1980s. Three Iranian soldiers are forced to take thirty eight Iraqi prisoners to a military base. Eighteen years old Essa faces a dangerous mission when he has to spend the night dealing with a stubborn and temperamental driver, wounded soldier, shabby bus and crossing a dangerous part of the land full of mines.
b/w, 90 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 04.03.2008 AT 20:00
Wednesday 05.03.2008 AT 19:00
The Sun Shines on All Equally
(Aftab Bar Hame Yeksan Mitabad, 2006)
Directed by: Abbas Rafei
PHOTOGRAPHY: Hassan Karimi
Synopsis:
Two close friends, a Muslim Negar and a Christian Janet start their trip to the holy Mashad in order to get a blessing and find a cure for their friend and husband Reza who is terminally ill. During their journey it will be revealed that miracles are all around them.
color, 90 min
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 05.03.2008 AT 21:00
Thursday 06.03.2008 AT 19:00
The Day Looms
(Rooz bar miadad, 2007)
Directed by: Bijan Mirbagheri
PHOTOGRAPHY: Mehdi Jafari
Synopsis:
A young couple takes a quiet vacation. After their arrival to the destination they are disturbed by an unwanted guest. Soon it is revealed that the guest is not a stranger and Pandora’s box gets opened while the protagonists start remembering the long forgotten memories, feelings of guilt and darkness from the past… This is an adaptation of Ariel Dorfman’s drama Death And the Maiden based on which a few years earlier in 1994 Roman Polanski also made a movie.
color, 90 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 06.03.2008 AT 21:00
Friday 07.03.2008 AT 19:00
Mainline
(Khoon bazi, Iran, 2006)
Directed by: Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
PHOTOGRAPHY: Mahmoud Kalari
Synopsis:
Sara is all but a typical Iranian bride. Before her future husband arrives from Toronto, she has to get rid of her heroine addiction. Already at the beginning of the breaking of her drug habit she gets a panic attack and destroys her wedding gown in the middle of the street and soon gets caught by the police during a raid. Her mother loses patience and takes her to a rehab clinic.
color, 78 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 07.03.2008 AT 21:00
Saturday 08.03.2008 AT 19:00
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…