Credited cast: | |||
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Behzad Dorani | ... | Engineer |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Noghre Asadi | ||
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Roushan Karam Elmi | ||
Bahman Ghobadi | |||
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Shahpour Ghobadi | ||
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Reihan Heidari | ||
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Masood Mansouri | ||
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Ali Reza Naderi | ||
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Frangis Rahsepar | ||
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Masoameh Salimi | ||
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Farzad Sohrabi | ||
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Lida Soltani |
Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.
This is poetry. The landscapes filmed by Kiarostami are beautiful. The cinematography is just fabulous. It is a very simple and honest movie, about life, and death too. It just flows... Most of the people seen in the movie are not actors, they are really just the population of Siah Dareh and that makes this look real, not some fake pretentious bullshit like many we see nowadays. The interaction with the little boy is truly touching. I loved this and you will either love it or find it the most boring movie ever. It isn't, really and if you do find it boring, maybe your own true self isn't just ready for this type of film. I truly recommend it. The words "bad ma ra khahad bord" will remain with me forever. I was marked by this beautiful piece of art.