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| The
Peddler |
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Makhmalbaf |
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first part, Happy Child, is based on a short story by Alberto
Moravia. An impoverished couple worried about their daughter’s
future tries to find an adoptive home for their little girl.
In the second part, Birth of an Old Woman, a man diagnosed with
a mental instability tries to take care of his aged mother.
Part three, The Peddler, talks about a peddler who is witness
of a murder
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Screenplay Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Editing Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Music Majid Entezam
Year of Production 1987
Running Time 90’ |
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Makhmalbaf is one of the most popular and influential Iranian
filmmakers. He was born in 1957 in Tehran. With The Peddler,
Makhmalbaf first began attracting international film-festival
attention. With 1990’s Time of Love and its follow-up,
The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood, he came under the scrutiny of
the Iranian censors that promptly banned both films. In 1993
he shot The Actor, a satire of the media in contemporary Iran.
Other feature films by him are: Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992),
Moment of Innocence (1999) and The Cyclist (1999). He Recently
obtained a relevant international success with Kandahar (2001).
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