“My Brother, Khosro”, an intelligent movie, deals with a pain, a pain that without any pessimistic approach is part of a pain of a family that one of its members has a mental problem. Understanding, reactions and problems of the family members with this issue, has consequences that just knowing of it melts anyone’s heart. * The older brother of Khosro, Nasser, has a cliche life style and has made an ivory tower for himself from traditional social rules. Nasser and his wife are both dentists, his wife is in the last months of her second pregnancy. Their first child,…
Author: Shirin Jahed
Once a friend asked me how come that what ever movie or play you pick to see turns out to be good! I told him that first of all I am quite picky when it comes to see a work of art and secondly I admire all kinds of artistic activities because I understand the challenges of working in this field. *** I always go to see Mohamad Rahmanian’s work of art, as I believe he is a genius when it comes to theater and his approach to art is quite unique. Three weeks ago there were ten of us…
I don’t know why I was avoiding watching “Sara & Ayda”, may be the title wasn’t attractive enough for me…but at last I convinced myself to see it as I thought a film by Maziar Miri, can’t turn up to be a lousy one. But unfortunately the day that I picked to see the film was a Tuesday, a day that in Tehran movie passes are half priced. We ended up to see the film in late show at Farhang movie theater, but now I wish we had picked another night of the week, because the sound effect of everyone…
Too bad if before leaving this world, we have done nothing to cure its sickness… * Last week using a favor of my dear friend, Bijan Emkanian, the well known Iranian actor, producer, I went to see the “Thirty” a play/concert. Among well dressed men and women and in the midst of the kind last summer night breeze that caress your skin set to watch a miracle. The very first moments the magic of “ Sohrab Nazeri” ‘s magnificent hands playing Setar, made me hold my breath and I was trapped in the spell of Homayoun Shajarian’s beautiful voice. Saber…
From the comfort of your seat and cool air of the theater, camera and the story takes you deep into the society, not too far, just a subway ride away. Where you find a lot of similar stories. There is a small family, the father passes away, the mother (Sareh Bayat) has cancer and the younger son has no idea about what is going on. But this is his older brother played by Mehdi Ghorbani that with his magnificent performance takes your hearts with him where you feel his helplessness in finding cancer drugs for her mother, a mother with…
Tehran – August 11 – Tonight in a packed theater at beautiful Charsoo Cineplex , Motherland had its successful red carpet and opening. The cast and crew of the Motherland and and several celebrities of Iranian film industry were among the audience. Motherland screening was welcomed by standing ovation and almost everyone in the audience was impressed by this well crafted, emotional and effective drama. At Cinema Without Borders we are looking forward to an interview with writer and director of the film Abolhassan Davoudi. Motheland (Zad O Boom) Directed by Abolhassan Davoodi Screenplay: Abolhassan Davoodi and Farid Mostafav…
Nasser Farhoudi, an Iranian sound engineer and music recording artist passed away in Tehran at the age of 65. Farhoudi worked with major Iranian artists for a long time, using his knowledge and creativity to record some of the best albums ever produced in Iran. Nasser Farhoudi was born in 1952 in city of Damghan and moved to Tehran at the age of 11. He graduated from Iranian Television University in the field of electronics and while studying, he also started to work as a sound engineer at Iranian television. Later Nasser Farhoudi, joined Pop studio and worked there…