Under the Moonlight
Zire nue mah, feature film, 2001
DIRECTED BY: Seyyed Mir-Karimi
CAST:
Husein Parastar (Sayyed Hassan),
Hamed Radžabali (Chick),
Mehran Rajabi,
Mahmud Nazar-Alian,
Fereshteh Sadr Orfani
SCRIPT:
Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Hamid Khozui-Abyaneh
Synopsis:
Sayyed Hassan is a young seminarian who is just about to take his holy orders. Unfortunately, an unknown boy steals Sayyed’s clothing material for the ordainment ceremony. Searching for the boy and his clothes, Sayyed meets a group of homeless people who live under the bridge. They teach him a few “life-lessons” and encourage him to question his religious beliefs.
This film received the audience’s award in Cannes in 2001.
color, 35 mm, 96 min