Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.
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Director:
Abbas Kiarostami
Stars:
Juliette Binoche,
William Shimell,
Jean-Claude Carrière
A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth ... See full summary »
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Director:
Abbas Kiarostami
Stars:
Hassan Darabi,
Pare Gol Atashjameh,
Masud Zandbegleh
In this documentary, Kiarostami asks a number of students about their school homework. The answers of some children shows the darker side of this method of education.
Director:
Abbas Kiarostami
Stars:
Babak Ahmadpoor,
Farhang Akhavan,
Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh
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Director:
Abbas Kiarostami
Stars:
Hashem Arkan,
Mohammad Fassih,
Reza Hashemi
Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.
The title is a reference to a poem written by famous modern Iranian female poet Forough Farrokhzad. See more »
Goofs
When the engineer is driving back from the mountain,
he stops and picks up someone who is walking down
the road and starts talking to him, but when the
camera shows the car from long shot for the first
time, there is no one in the car other than the
engineer. See more »
Quotes
Engineer:
But it wasn't Farhad who dug Behistun.
Hole Digger:
I know.
Engineer:
Who Then?
Hole Digger:
It was love. The love of Shirin.
Engineer:
Bravo! You must know love.
Hole Digger:
A man without love cannot live.
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This is a beautiful film that celebrates life and culture. It is entirely devoted to the Forough Farrokhzad poem (cited below / I've marked it for stanza; but not for line changes), which serves as it nucleus and core.
[Stanza 1] In my small night, alas, The wind has an appointment with the trees, In my small night there is fear of devastation.
[Stanza 2] Listen. Do you hear the dark wind whispering? I look upon this bliss with alien eyes I am addicted to my sorrow Listen. Do you hear the dark wind whispering?
[Stanza 3] Now something is happening in the night The moon is red and agitated And the roof may cave in at any moment.
[Stanza 4] The clouds have gathered like a bunch of mourners And seem to be waiting for the moment of rain.
[Stanza 5] A moment And after it, nothing. Beyond this window the night trembles And the earth Will no longer turn. Beyond this window an enigma worries for you and for me.
[Stanza 6] Oh you who are so verdant Place your hands like a burning memory in my hands. And leave your lips that are warm with life To the loving caresses of my lips. The wind will carry us away, The wind will carry us away.
Enjoy it with an open and rested mind. The style is minimalist for action and words, and panoramic for scenery. It's an artful exploration of life where the viewer has to glue the pieces together, from city group's arrival and to their take-away from the experience. Details count. Don't miss any of them.
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This is a beautiful film that celebrates life and culture. It is entirely devoted to the Forough Farrokhzad poem (cited below / I've marked it for stanza; but not for line changes), which serves as it nucleus and core.
[Stanza 1] In my small night, alas, The wind has an appointment with the trees, In my small night there is fear of devastation.
[Stanza 2] Listen. Do you hear the dark wind whispering? I look upon this bliss with alien eyes I am addicted to my sorrow Listen. Do you hear the dark wind whispering?
[Stanza 3] Now something is happening in the night The moon is red and agitated And the roof may cave in at any moment.
[Stanza 4] The clouds have gathered like a bunch of mourners And seem to be waiting for the moment of rain.
[Stanza 5] A moment And after it, nothing. Beyond this window the night trembles And the earth Will no longer turn. Beyond this window an enigma worries for you and for me.
[Stanza 6] Oh you who are so verdant Place your hands like a burning memory in my hands. And leave your lips that are warm with life To the loving caresses of my lips. The wind will carry us away, The wind will carry us away.
Enjoy it with an open and rested mind. The style is minimalist for action and words, and panoramic for scenery. It's an artful exploration of life where the viewer has to glue the pieces together, from city group's arrival and to their take-away from the experience. Details count. Don't miss any of them.