Crazy Castle

Australian Premiere | 2015

Director's Biography
Director's Biography
Born in 1955 in Iran, Abolhassan Davoodi studied cinema in School of Cinema & Television and Sociology in Beheshti university. He wrote film criticism and reviews in Soroosh & Film magazines for 5 years before professionally starting his filmmaking career. He was the head of the guild of Iranian script writers (1991-1995), the Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds (Khaneh Cinema) (1999-2002), and the head of the board of directors of the Iranian independent film maker association. He was also on the board of directors of the Iranian alliance of Motion Picture Guilds.

Synopsis

A group of young people who are members of an online community, meet each other at an event in a cafe in Tehran. One girl’s urgent need for drugs, brings 6 of them together. What starts as a prank continues to unfold into a complicated situation, which reveals new aspects of each character.

Festivals

  • Best Director Award, Fajr Film Festival
  • Best Film Award, Fajr Film Festival
  • Best Award by Audience, Fajr Film Festival
  • Best Sound Designing and Synchronizing, Fajr Film Festival
  • Best Visual Effects Designing, Fajr Film Festival

Production Team

Director
Abolhassan Davoudi
Country
Iran
Runtime 
115 min
Language
Persian with English Subtitles
Premiere Status 
Classification
 18+
Year
2015
Writer
Mohammadreza Gohari
Producer
Bita Mansouri
Cast
Tannaz Tabatabaei, Saber Abar, Amir Jadidi, Saed Soheili, Naznin Byati, Sahar Hashemi, Gohar Kheirandish, Bijan Emkania

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