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Leily Is with Me

Original title: Leily Ba Man Ast
  • 19961996
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
4.8K
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POPULARITY
112,027
20,206
Parviz Parastui in Leily Is with Me (1996)
AdventureComedyDrama
During the war with Iraq, an absurd set of events has an Iranian documentary cinematographer seemingly unable to get out of a dangerous project documenting the war.During the war with Iraq, an absurd set of events has an Iranian documentary cinematographer seemingly unable to get out of a dangerous project documenting the war.During the war with Iraq, an absurd set of events has an Iranian documentary cinematographer seemingly unable to get out of a dangerous project documenting the war.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
4.8K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
112,027
20,206
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    • Director
      • Kamal Tabrizi
    • Writers
      • Reza Maghsoodi
      • Kamal Tabrizi(re-written by)
    • Stars
      • Parviz Parastui
      • Mahmud Azizi
      • Maziar Lorestani
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Kamal Tabrizi
    • Writers
      • Reza Maghsoodi
      • Kamal Tabrizi(re-written by)
    • Stars
      • Parviz Parastui
      • Mahmud Azizi
      • Maziar Lorestani
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    • 2User reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Parviz Parastui
    Parviz Parastui
    • Sadeq
    Mahmud Azizi
    • Kamali
    Maziar Lorestani
    Maziar Lorestani
    • Elaheh
    • (as Shohreh Lorestani)
    Sahereh Matin
    • Sadeq's Aunt
    Rahman Bagherian
    • Yadollah
    Shahram Bahrami Bilehsavar
    • Haj Saleh
    Mehdi Faghih
    • Mansouri
    Hossein Maloomi
    • Baktash
    Rahim Mehdikhani
    • Banna
    Hedayatollah Navid
    • Pedar Sadeq
    Saeed Noorullahi
    • Director
      • Kamal Tabrizi
    • Writers
      • Reza Maghsoodi
      • Kamal Tabrizi(re-written by)
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    • Trivia
      This was first film in post-revolutionary Iran to satirize the Iran-Iraq War.

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    An old fashioned comedy, making great fun of a bloody war.
    I saw a 4 hour version of this movie (the version released in Iranian cinemas was 95 minutes). It appears that it may have been made as a TV series which was later edited down for a theatrical release.

    Leily is With Me is a very funny movie. Since it deals with a long,bloody and holy war, it is no mean achievement for director Tabrizi to walk a very narrow tightrope between what could have been termed offensive and what would be acceptable. He has, however, succeeded and Leily is a funny, touching movie.

    The main character, Sadegh, is a Woody Allen type guy who is a video camera man. Through a series of misunderstandings and mishaps, he ends up (much against his will) at the front in the war. The reason the movie works is that it is easy to sympathize with Sadegh and his efforts to dodge the trip to the front and escape back to his city. The first half of the movie, which takes place in the city, is the less successful. The second half is the funnier section and the main source for the theatrical released version. The whole film is a throwback to the Norman Wisdom/Jerry Lewis comedies and came as a breath of fresh air to the cinema going public in Iran. It was no surprise that it became a major hit. Parviz Parastui, who plays Sadegh, shines in a role in total contrast to the one he played, with same degree of success, in The Glass Agency.
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    • Jun 27, 1999

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    • Release date
      • 1996 (Iran)
    • Country of origin
      • Iran
    • Official site
      • sourehcinema
    • Language
      • Persian
    • Also known as
      • Leyli Benimle
    • Filming locations
      • Tehran, Iran
    • Production companies
      • Cima Film Center
      • Farabi Cinema Foundation
      • Sobhan Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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