Quote:
A young woman’s wedding becomes a ritual of mourning when her sister and family die in an auto accident on the way to the wedding. The sisters’ mother refuses to accept her daughter’s death, and in the midst of wedding guests and mourners, including the drivers of the truck that caused the accident, she orders the wedding to take place. But how can the daughter marry in the midst of a wake and without the family’s traditional mirror, which the sister was bringing to the service? The film is transcendental in its resolution.

1.50GB | 1h 39m | 700×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/A52245A6B6D243D/Bahram_Beizai_-_(1992)_Travellers.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/86670A6606C8D76/Travellers_(Mosaferan)(1992).srt

Language:Persian
Subtitles:English

The post Bahram Beizai – Mosaferan AKA Travellers (1991) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and critical acclaim for films which combine remarkable artistry and social relevance. Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution traces the development of this film industry, which has always been closely intertwined with the country’s tumultuous political history, from the decades-long reign of Reza Shah Pahlevi and his son, the rise of Khomeini and the birth of the Islamic Republic, the seizure by militants of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, and the devastating war with Iraq.

Very much in the tradition of Siegried Kracauer’s classic historical study, From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological Study of the German Film, Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution chronicles how Iranian films reflected contemporaneous society and often presaged social change. It shows how mainstream commercial cinema served as a propaganda tool for both the monarchy and the fundamentalist religious regime, recounts the sporadic efforts of some filmmakers to reveal grimmer social realties, and the struggles against censorship and traditional cinematic formulas by such pioneers as Bahram Beyzai, Sohrab Shahid Saless and Parviz Kimiavi and pre- and post-Islamic revolutionary ‘new wave’ filmmakers such as Amir Naderi, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Dariush Mehrjui, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Jafar Panahi, Bahman Ghobadi and Abbas Kiarostami.

The documentary explores this history through a compelling blend of archival footage, excerpts from representative and landmark Iranian films, and interviews with Iranian filmmakers, film critics, film historians, and government and film industry executives. In the process, Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution reveals the changing social functions of Iranian cinema and the artistic struggle of its filmmakers.

1.57GB | 1h 38m | 704×480 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/55F3FCE7828A712/Iran_ACR.mkv

Language(s):Persian
Subtitles:English

The post Nader Takmil Homayoun – Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution (2006) first appeared on Cinema of the World.