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Dariush Mehrjui

SARA

Director :  DARIUSH MEHRJUI
Iran, 1993. 102 min.
Adaptation of the work of Henrik Ibsen “A Doll’s House”.
Cast :  Niki Karimi, Yasman Malek-Nasr, Khosro Shakibai.

Venue :  Función Lenguaje
21 may Thursday.  21.00

Sara is the perfect young housewife. However, when husband Hessam requires an expensive emergency operation abroad, it is she who gets the funds. For the next three years Sara labours secretly to pay the shady loan and save Hessam’s pride… until the truth is revealed and, with it, the reality of her marriage.

The film is based on Henrik Ibsen‘s play A Doll’s House, with Sara in the role of Nora, Hesam in the role of Torvald, Sima in the role of Ms Linde and Goshtasb in the role of Nils Krogstad.

The movie won the Audience Award at the Nantes Three Continents Festival, and tied for the Golden Seashell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, where Niki Karimi won Best Actress award (Silver Seashell) for the title role. And Yassamin Maleknasr Best Supporting Actress in Fajer Film Festival.

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Sadabahar Brass Band

Sadabahar Brass Band
Tushar More
India.  2014.  27 min.

Venue :  Centro Cultural Pilar Miró
19 may Tuesday.  19.30

A court notice for an old building brings five brass band players together after a very long time. ‘Sadabahar Bras Band’ is the story of these performers reminiscing long lost purpose of their lives, before their beloved place turns into shambles.

Tushar More

Born on 5th May 1985, Tushar More after completing his Graduation in English, did his M.A in English Literature. He got into Film and Television Institute of India in 2010 and his debut short fiction film ‘Firdous’ premiered in Pune International Film Festival and also won Kodak Student Award.
‘Sadabahar Brass Band’ is Tushar’s Diploma Film for FTII Pune.

Dariush Mehrjui

HAMOUN

Director :  DARIUSH MEHRJUI
Iran, 1990. 120 min.  Drama.
Cast :  Ezzatolah Entezami, Bita Farahi, Sedigheh Kianfar.

Venue :  Función Lenguaje
23 may Saturday.  20.00

Hamid Hamoun who is an executive at a leading import-export firm, lives with his wife Mahshid who is a budding artist in abstract painting. Mahshid hails from a rich family but marries the middle class Hamoun after falling for his intellectual tastes and progressive thinking.

After 7 years of marriage Mahshid who was once very much in love with Hamoun begins to see him as a constricting force against her desire which is to do something meaningful with her life. Hamoun who wishes to pursue a career as a writer while simultaneously preparing for his PhD thesis, occasionally takes out his frustration at his wife. Mahshid soon demands to divorce him.

Hamoun is shocked to find out that his wife no longer loves him anymore. The story depicts Hamoun’s incapability to deal with the reality of losing his wife and living with his unfulfilled dreams. The subsequent scenes portray Hamoun’s realisations coupled with dreamlike sequences resembling those from various Fellini’s movies.

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Baari

Baari (The window)
Jatinder Preet
India. 2015. 23 min.

Venue :  Intermediae el Matadero
21 may Thursday.  18.00

Spending the whole night awake, pacing back and forth from the room her daughter is sleeping in, she finally arrives at a decision.
As another day comes up she steps out of her home.
Unlike the two men in her life who failed to cope and chose to end their lives, she has chosen life.

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Varaad, an unusual wedding (Babak Hashmi)

Varaad …an unusual wedding
Babar Rais Hashmi
India. 2015. 11 min.

Venue :  Centro Cultural Pilar Miró
21 may Thursday.  19.30

Varaad is a story of an unusual wedding, this film gives an insight to customs related to Indian wedding, not only marriage but it also highlights the social stigmas in a developing country.
“Varaad” depicts how prejudice is the driving force behind any decision made by tribal society in rural India, The foreground of this films is rural India and the customs related to marriage in the tribal communities, who speak a unique dialect, the crucial decisions are taken by local governing body i.e the “ Panchayat”, just the way this film has highlighted how the “Panchayat” decides whether a marriage is valid or not depending upon the brides’ virginity, if the bride is found to be a virgin on her first night then the couple can continue their marriage, if not they annul the marriage. The film ends in a very heart touching note where love overpowers all stigmas and prejudice.

Dariush Mehrjui

ASHBAH (Ghosts)

Director:  DARIUSH MEHRJUI
Iran, 2014. 95 min.  Drama.
Cast :  Mahtab Keramati, Homayoun Ershadi, Hassan Majooni.
Venue :  Función Lenguaje
28 may Thursday.  21.00
A drunken, boorish general tyrannises his wife and his maid. When the wife discovers that her husband and the maid are having an affair, she turns the maid out of the house, little realising that the young woman is pregnant with the general’s child. Years later, the general is dead, and a younger generation has risen with a new outlook on life and new problems to face… This flamboyantly stylised melodrama, loosely adapted from Ibsen, is the newest work by one of the legendary figures of Iran’s New Wave.
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Fired

Fired
Ju Yong Choi
South Korea. 2014. 26 min

Gang-su Han, the perfect killer who has 100% killing success rate recommended his retire. Because he is too old to do killing someone, and his last order comes. When he confirms his target, he falls into dilemma.

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Akar (Toufic Khreich) Stories from Lebannon

Akar (Troubled waters)
Toufic Khreich
Lebannon. 2013. 25 min

Venue :  Función Lenguaje
21 may Thursday.  21.00

Twenty-seven years away, Eskandar comes back. Once in Beirut, he is haunted by his childhood memories, which bounce him between the past and the present. The same experiences that sent him away as a child, lead him back as an adult.