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Reza Mirkarimi | Iran | 2014 | 87 min | Farsi
Youness was basically on his lunch break. But when the very pregnant, panicky and wounded Sedighe gets into his taxi, he takes her to hospital after all. Not for the money, but because it’s the right thing to do. But in hospital he is held responsible for the woman he brought in. Iranian law does not allow for any extramarital relationships and Sedighe has no husband.
And so Youness remains silent. For as long as he can, he avoids the choice between two moral evils. If he confirms he is her husband, he will be held responsible for her broken rib and illegitimate child. If he denies, she will lose her child. How long can he keep up his help for her if his society works against him in everything?
Reza Mirkarimi sketches the internal battle of the taciturn Youness in a subtle drama, the official Iranian Oscar submission for 2015. His realistic style is filled with subtle symbolism for the alert listener.
Place: The Cinemas 6
Date: 26 March 2015
Time: 14:15
Duration: 1:45
Place: The Cinemas 1
Date: 28 March 2015
Time: 22:15
Duration: 1:45
Place: The Cinemas 4
Date: 29 March 2015
Time: 17:00
Duration: 1:45
Year in
Festival
2015
Director
Reza Mirkarimi
Camera
Houman Behmanesh
Cast
Parviz Parastui
Soheila Golestani
Shabnam Moghadami
Country
Iran
Editor
Reza Mirkarimi
Language
Farsi
Length
87 min
Music
Amin Honarmand
Producer
Reza Mirkarimi
Production Company
iFilm Production
Production Design
Marjan Golzar
Sales
DreamLab Films
Scenario
Sound Design
Alireza Alavian
Year of Production
2014
Website
Reza MIRKARIMI (1966, Iran) volgde een opleiding grafische vormgeving aan de universiteit van Teheran, voordat hij zich vanaf de late jaren tachtig op film stortte. Hij maakte diverse korte films en televisieseries, en in 1999 maakte hij zijn speelfilmdebuut met The Child and the Soldier, dat succes had op diverse internationale (kinder)filmfestivals. Today (2014) is zijn zevende speelfilm.
Filmography
(selection) For Him (1987, short), A Rainy Day (1990, short), A Rooster (1991, short), Koudak va sarbaz/The Child and the Soldier (1999), Zir-e noor-e maah/Under the Moonlight (2000), Inja cheraghi roshan ast/Here, a Shining Light (2002), Kheili dour, kheili nazdik/So Close, So Far (2005), Be hamin sadegi/As Simple as That (2007), Ye habe ghand/A Cube of Sugar (2011), Emrouz/Today (2014)