Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital stereo; widescreen presentation, 1.66:1 aspect ratio. |
Cast |
Hossain Emadeddin, Kamyar Sheisi, Azita Rayeji, Shahram Vaziri, Pourang Nakhael, Kaveh Najmabadi, Saber Safael, Yadollah Samadian, Ramin Rastad, Behnaz Houri, Ehsan Amani, Mehran Rajabi. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Hossain Jafarian ; art director, Iraj Raminfar ; music, Peyman Yazdanian ; adaptation, Richard Lormand, Dana Farzanehpour |
Event |
Originally produced as an Iranian motion picture in 2003. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
Hussein is a pizza deliveryman in Tehran. Wounded in the Iraq-Iran war, he suffers from an unnamed illness for which he takes "medication." When not delivering pizza, he and his naïve, talkative friend Ali are petty thieves. Hussein is engaged to Ali's sister. His job brings him repeatedly to the doorways of Tehran's well-heeled, Westernized citizens, who treat him as though he were invisible. Hussein is upset by being treated like a second-class citizen, especially after bravely serving in the war. After being turned away by the owner of a posh jewelry story, and then treated with coldness and condescension on a return visit, Hussein decides that the humiliation is not to be borne. He might have seemed still and implacable, but he was not frozen, only waiting. |
Contents |
Thief -- Purse -- Profession -- Jeweler -- Brother-in-law -- Unreliable -- Deliveries -- Soldiers -- Staying put -- Dancing -- Eat something -- Like real rich people -- Not worthy -- Angry? -- Home -- New sneakers -- Accident -- Lonely customer -- Washing up -- Sitting down -- Say something -- Taking a dip -- Opening up -- Credits. |
Note |
Special features: Artfilm collection DVD offer [text feature]; Director filmography [text feature]; Weblinks [requires a DVD-ROM drive and Internet access], Previews (17 min.). |
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Non-Latin script record |
Language |
In Farsi with optional subtitles in English. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Loneliness -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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Suicide -- Drama.
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Thieves -- Drama.
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Violence in men -- Drama.
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Tehran (Iran) -- Drama.
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Tehran (Iran) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century -- Drama.
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Indexed Term |
Qatl Shabih |
Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures, Farsi.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Panahi, Jafar. Producer. Director.
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پناهى، جعفر. |
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Kiarostami, Abbas. Screenwriter.
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كيارستمى، عباس. |
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Emadeddin, Hossain. Actor.
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مددن، هسن. |
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Sheisi, Kamyar. Actor.
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شس، کمىر. |
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Rayeji, Azita. Actor.
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رىج، ازت. |
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Vaziri, Shahram. Actor.
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وزيرى، شهرام. |
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Jafarian, Hossain. Cinematographer.
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جفرن، هسن. |
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Yazdanian, Peyman. Composer.
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ىزدنن، پىمن. |
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Jafar Panahi Film Productions.
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Wellspring Media.
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Note |
Original title per Internet Movie Database: Talaye sorkh |
ISBN |
0794204988 |
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9780794204983 |
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0794205062 |
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9780794205065 |
Standard No. |
720917542928 |
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720917543222 |
Music No. |
FLV5429 Wellspring Media |
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