Tears in the Cold

Ashk-e sarma, feature film, 2002

DIRECTED BY: Azizollah Hamidnezhad

Tears in the Cold

CAST:
Golshifte Farahani (Ronak),
Parsa Pirouzfar (Kiyani),
Nooreddin Goodarzi,
Mehrshad Karkhani,
Ali Rooyintan

SCRIPT:
Azizollah Hamidnezhad

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Mohammad Davudi,
Ali Loqmani

Synopsis:
The story takes place around the beginning of the revolution in Iran and the conflict between the government and the Kurds who want to secede from Iran. During a snow storm Kiyani, an Iranian soldier, saves the life of a Kurdish shepherd named Ronak. Because of this, Kiyani gets into conflict with his superiors. Under these impossible conditions, the two people develop mutual respect and even love.

color, 35 mm, 96 min