10 years after the Qar-Baagh eh conflicts between Armenia
and Azerbaijan, an Azarbaijani middle-aged folk composer
who has spent 10 years in war refugees camp in Sabirabad,
goes for his Armenian wife and his kid soon after watching
some dream-like images. He leads toward Iran as his family
were lost during occupation of Jibrail and fled to Iran. This
film deals with human relations with nature, war and music,
based on an Azerbaijani tale of Asli and Karam.
Sceneggiatura / Screenplay Babak Shirinsefat
Fotografia (colore) / Photography (colour) Reza Rakhshan
Montaggio / Editing Bahram Dehghani
Musica / Music Hamed Sabet
Suono / Sound Ruhollah Jafar Beigloo, Mahmoud Mohaghegh
Effetti speciali / Special Effects Alec Balayev
Interpreti / Cast Kamran Younes, Farhad Ghaemian, Goun Ay Michael Ava,
Ghorban Nasimov
Trucco / Make-up Reza Nasimi
Produzione / Production Alalia Film Production
Anno di produzione / Year of production 2007
Durata / Running time 76’
Formato / Format 35mm
Babak Shirinsefat
Born in 1970 in Tabriz, Babak Shirinsefat
has mostly made short films
and documentaries since 1987. In
this year he made his first short fiction
film, Image, 1999 his next fiction
short film The Lover's Words. He
directed various documentaries like
What is Short Film (1997), A Poem
Like Life (1998), Julia (1999), Sword
in Sheath (2000), Dadi Juri (2001),
Like An Endless Alley (2003), Train of
Zero O'clock (2005). Rami is his
debut feature film. He is now working
at a series documentary film,
Ojagh, which is made in Iran, Turkey,
Georgia and Russia. 2007 he takes
part in many international film festivals
like Fajr (Tehran), OSIAN's Cinefan
of New Delhi (Opening Film),
Festival of Iranian Films at Gene
Siskel Film Center of Chicago, Eurasia
Film Festival of Antalya, Festival
of Iranian Films at Boston's Museum
of Fine Arts, Cairo. |