Iran, Japan, 2007 -
98'
Color,
35 mm
Director
Abolfazl Jalili
Cast
Mehdi Moradi (Hafez), Kumiko Aso (Nabat), Mehdi Negahban (Shams-Ai-Din Mohamed), Hamide Hedayati (Mufti).
Screenplay
Abolfazl Jalili
Cinematography
Abolfazl Jalili
Editing
Abolfazl Jalili
Music
Yungchen Lhamo, Abolfazl Jalili
Producer(s)
Abolfazl Jalili, Yuji Sadai
Production
First Film Milda, Bitters End
World Sales
Bitters End - 13-3 Nanpeidai, Shibuya - Ku, 3 FP. 1500036 Tokio Japan - T- +81 3 346 20345 - F. +81 3 346 20621 - www.bitters.co.jp
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Screenings
Synopsis
Hafez is a talented 17-year-old young man who has finished his studies passing all his exams brilliantly. The Great Muftí, the religious leader of the town, asks Hafez to come to his house and teach his daughter Nabat. He accepts, in spite he is not allowed to see the girl. Discussing religion, philosophy and poetry, a strong affection start to grow between them. The old maid notices this change and tells Muftí, who, in anger, kicks Hafez out of his house. Attacked by the whole community, Hafez has to leave his town without being able to avoid his family being blamed too.
Director
Abolfazl Jalili (Iran, 1957) started making films independently in the mid-70s. In 1983, he directed his first feature film Milad, followed (among others) by Scabies (1987) and Det Means Girl (1994), which won the Golden Osella Award at the Venice Film Festival. In 1998, Dance of Dust, which had been banned from screening for 7 years, won the Silver Leopard Award at the Locarno Film Festival. Other films: Tales of Kish (1999), co-directed with Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Nasser Taghvai and shown at the official competition of Cannes Film Festival, and Delbaran (2001), with real Afghan refugees.
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