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Downpour

Original title: Ragbar
  • 19721972
  • 2h 8m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
861
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Downpour (1972)
ComedyDramaRomance
A well educated and humble teacher arrives in a new city and at a new job in the pre-revolutionary Iran. He falls in love with a hardworking underprivileged young woman that nurses her very ... Read allA well educated and humble teacher arrives in a new city and at a new job in the pre-revolutionary Iran. He falls in love with a hardworking underprivileged young woman that nurses her very old mother and raises her young brother. In an environment where commitments and social pr... Read allA well educated and humble teacher arrives in a new city and at a new job in the pre-revolutionary Iran. He falls in love with a hardworking underprivileged young woman that nurses her very old mother and raises her young brother. In an environment where commitments and social problems often stand in the way between people and their dreams.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
861
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  • Director
    • Bahram Beyzaie
  • Writer
    • Bahram Beyzaie
  • Stars
    • Parviz Fanizadeh
    • Mohamad Ali Keshavarz
    • Jamshid Layegh
  • Director
    • Bahram Beyzaie
  • Writer
    • Bahram Beyzaie
  • Stars
    • Parviz Fanizadeh
    • Mohamad Ali Keshavarz
    • Jamshid Layegh
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    • 4User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Parviz Fanizadeh
    Parviz Fanizadeh
    • Hekmati
    Mohamad Ali Keshavarz
    Mohamad Ali Keshavarz
    • Principal
    Jamshid Layegh
    Jamshid Layegh
    Parvaneh Massoumi
    Parvaneh Massoumi
    • Atefeh
    Esmat Safavi
    • Atieh's mother
    Hossein Kasbian
    Hossein Kasbian
    • Barber
    Manuchehr Farid
    • Rahim
    Rogheyeh Chehreh-Azad
    Rogheyeh Chehreh-Azad
    Reza Bani Ahmad
    Farkhondeh Bavar
    Abbas Dastranj
    • Mosayeb
    Sirrus Hassanpur
    Said Oveissi
    Parvin Soleymani
    Parvin Soleymani
    • Principal's wife
    • (as Parvin Amir-Soleimani)
    Hassan Zandi
    • Director
      • Bahram Beyzaie
    • Writer
      • Bahram Beyzaie
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    • Trivia
      Restored in 2011 by Cineteca di Bologna in association with The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project and Bahram Beyzai, the film drew quite some international attention and was shown in Italy and the US. Martin Scorsese remarked: "I'm very proud that the World Cinema Foundation has restored this wise and beautiful film, the first feature from its director Bahram Bayzaie. The tone puts me in mind of what I love best in the Italian neorealist pictures, and the story has the beauty of an ancient fable you can feel Bayzaie's background in Persian literature, theater and poetry. Bayzaie never received the support he deserved from the government of his home country he now lives in California and it's painful to think that this extraordinary film, once so popular in Iran, was on the verge of disappearing forever. The original negative has been either impounded or destroyed by the Iranian government, and all that remained was one 35mm print with English subtitles burned in. Now, audiences all over the world will be able to see this remarkable picture."
    • Connections
      Featured in Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses (2016)

    User reviews4

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    10/10
    A simple story,Perfect acting,Magnificent ending.
    This movie is the second movie of Bahram Beizai the best Iranian director.When I found the VCD version of this movie I somehow hesitated to watch it,despite the fact that I love Beizaie's work.Eventually,I watched it and boy I enjoyed it a lot.

    Mr.Hekmati(Parviz Fanizade) a single and innocent young teacher arrives at an area in down town Tehran,where he starts teaching.One day he throws one of the students out of the class and there the story begins.Atie(Parvaneh Masoumi) who supports his brother and mother comes to school to ask from Mr.Hekmati that why he has thrown her brother out of the class.Then,somehow love at the first sight happens,but Hekmati keeps denying it.This is not the end of the story because there is a man who helps Atie gives her money and keep asking her to marry him.

    The ending of this movie is great.I recommend this movie to all those people who love artistic movies.

    Welldone Beizai.
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    • omid_pachino
    • Feb 5, 2009

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 1972 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Iran
    • Official site
      • sourehcinema
    • Language
      • Persian
    • Also known as
      • Ливень
    • Filming locations
      • Tehran, Iran
    • Production company
      • Sazmane Cinemaie Panaroma
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 8 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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