Ali - O Caçador (2010)

In an act of vengeance, a young man randomly kills two police officers. He escapes to the forest, where he is arrested by two other officers. The three men are surrounded by trees, the ... See full summary »

Director:

Rafi Pitts

Writer:

Rafi Pitts (screenplay)

Stars:

Rafi Pitts, Mitra Hajjar, Mahmoud Babai

3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Rafi Pitts	...	Ali Alavi
Mitra Hajjar	...	Sara P. Alavi - Ali's Wife
Mahmoud Babai	...	Policeman
Malek Jahan Khazai	...	Ali's Mother
Ismaïl Amani	...	Young boy
Javad Nazari	...	Policeman
Ali Nicksaulat	...	Police Officer - Commander
Ebrahim Safarpour	...	Police Officer
Naser Madahi	...	Basiri - Old Night guard
Manoochehr Rahimi	...	Inspector
Hossein Nickbakht	...	Hotel Receptionist
Amir Ayoubi	...	Police Officer
Ali Mazinani	...	Reza - Young night guard
Mansour Dowlatmand	...	Police Officer
Gholamreza Rajabzadeh	...	Nazem - Police Officer

Storyline

In an act of vengeance, a young man randomly kills two police officers. He escapes to the forest, where he is arrested by two other officers. The three men are surrounded by trees, the woods. They are lost in a maze, a desolate landscape, where the boundaries between the hunter and the hunted are difficult to perceive.

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Plot Keywords:

accidental murder | ex convict | random murder | forest | death | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

M/12

Did You Know?

Connections

Features A Casa é Negra (1963)

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Soundtracks

Hunting Bears
Written by Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien (as Edward O'Brien), Phil Selway (as Philip Selway) and Thom Yorke (as Thomas E. Yorke)
Performed by Radiohead

User Reviews

Half-baked

There are things I liked about Iranian drama 'The Hunted': the scenes of quiet dialogue, where the meaning lies in what's not said, or the surreal waiting-for-Godot quality that the movie takes on as it nears its end. It's also interesting to see an Iran of stormy coasts and rain-swept forests, far from the classical image of a land of deserts. But the first half of the film is overly quiet and slow, and there are also a number of low-key scenes that have self-evidently been written and shot that way not for effect, but for budgetary reasons: the car chase, for example, is supremely low-energy, while other critical moments occur off-camera. More than anything else, however, the film is let down mostly by its odd plot, and the seemingly random motivations of its characters. It feels like the debut feature of someone with more than a few ideas, but without the practice of how to actually make them work as a film.

Details

Country:

Iran Germany

Language:

Persian

Release Date:

20 September 2012 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

Ali - O Caçador

Box Office

Budget:

$1,500,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$28,608

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aftab Negaran Productions, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1