| Ejareneshinha |
| The
Lodgers |
| Dariush
Mehrjui |
| A
barbed cinematic satire which takes place in a noisy block of
flats in Tehran, where the extremely bizarre relations between
landlords and tenants are meant to reflect larger national realities.
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Screenplay/
Dariush Mehrjui
Photography (colour)/ Hassan Gholizadeh
Editing/ Hassan Hassandoost, Hassan Hassan-Doost
Music/ Naser Cheshmazar, Resa Remin
Cast/ Akbar Abdi, Ali Alinaghkani, All Reza Asadin,
Farimah Farjami, Reza Hademi
Year of Production/ 1986
Running Time/ 110’ |
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| Born
in Tehran in 1940, Dariush Mehrjui graduated in Philosophy from
ucla. He began his film career by directing Diamond 33 in 1967
after his return to Iran. Then he directed The Cow (1969), one
of the milestones of Iranian cinema history, which gained much
critical attention domestically and internationally, especially
in Venice and Chicago festivals. In the early nineties he reached
popularity and Hamoon (1990) marked a successful turning point
in his career. By the same author we also have The Cycle (1975),
Banoo (1992-99) and Leila (1997).
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