| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio compatible with 16/9 televisions, 4/3 televisions letterboxed. |
| Note |
All information from subtitles. |
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Based on an idea by Mahmoud Aydin. |
| Cast |
Behzad Dourani. |
| Credits |
Photography, Mahmoud Kalari ; editor, Abbas Kiarostami ; music, Peyman Yazdanian ; English subtitles, Ian Burley. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a French/Iranian motion picture in 1999. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
A group of men from the city traverse the rural Iranian countryside, looking for the village of Siah Dareh, following directions such as "turn left at the big tree on top of the hill," seemingly lost. The driver, respectfully called "Engineer" by the villagers, is in this remote location to record a funeral ritual that will follow the death of a woman reputed to be more than 100 years old. As he waits and she rallies, he becomes a figure of some amusement in the valley--whenever his cell phone beeps, he charges to higher ground in his Land Rover in order to get proper reception. And as he waits to complete his task, he is transformed from a nosy outsider into a reverent observer, seeing all the transient beauty and eternal wonder of the human experience in one poor, small, rural village. |
| Contents |
Single tree -- Looking for lost treasure -- Welcome engineer -- Serving tea -- Hold the line -- Two wishes -- Higher ground -- Three uncles -- Back to the hill -- Cat's out of the bag -- Good and evil -- Some fresh milk -- This is useless -- Another call -- Let's be friends again -- Buried alive -- Can you see her? -- Where are my colleagues? -- Fetching the medicine -- End. |
| Note |
Special features: Theatrical trailer (2 min.); New Yorker Films [text feature], previews (6 min.). |
| Awards |
Winner, 1999 Venice Film Festival: 'CinemAvvenire' Award, Best Film-Abbas Kiarostami; FIPRESCI Prize, International Competition-Abbas Kiarostami; Grand Special Jury Prize-Abbas Kiarostami. |
| Language |
In Farsi with optional subtitles in English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Visitors, Foreign -- Drama.
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Death -- Rituals -- Drama.
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Women and death -- Drama.
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Documentary films -- Production and direction -- Drama.
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Iran -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fictions films.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures, Farsi.
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| Added Author |
Kiarostami, Abbas. Screenwriter. Director. Producer.
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Karmitz, Marin. Producer.
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Aydin, Maḥmūd. Creator.
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Dūrānī, Bihzād. Actor.
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Kalari, Mahmoud. Cinematographer.
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Yazdanian, Peyman. Composer.
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New Yorker Films.
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MK2 Productions.
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Centre national de la cinématographie (France)
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New Yorker Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Bad ma ra khahad bord |
| ISBN |
1567302688 |
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9781567302684 |
| Standard No. |
717119765248 |
| Music No. |
DVD 76502 New Yorker Video |
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