Gilaneh
Sydney Premiere | 2013
Synopsis
The New Year’s Eve and the Iran-Iraq war, Tehran is being repeatedly attacked with missiles. Gilaneh, a lonely middle-aged villager has to send her son to the war. She must also accompany her daughter to Tehran in search of her son-in-law, who has illegally left the service…
15 years later: again the New Year’s Eve, and Gilaneh – fatigued with life – is taking care of her chemically-wounded son and is also far away from her daughter. Incapable of looking after her son, Gilaneh is waiting for a woman from the South who has lost her husband in the war and made a promise to get married to Gilaneh’s son…
This film depicts people whose love and destiny have been violated and changed by war.
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Festivals
- Tribeca Int’l Film Festival
- Moscow Int’l Film Festival
- Osian’s Cinefan Int’l Film Festival
- Toronto Int’l Film Festival
- Fukuoka Int’l Film Festival
- Flanders Int’l Film Festival
- Pusan Int’l Film Festival
- Montreal New Cinema Int’l Film Festival
- India Int’l Film Festival
- Festival de Vesoul, Winner of the Jury NETPAC Award.
- Fribourg Int’l Film Festival
- Women with Vision Festival
- Festival Int’l de Cine Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Nat Film Festival
- Women Film Festival in Seoul
- Festival Int’l dei Circoli del Cinema
- Yerevan Int’l Film Festival
- Brisbane Intl Film Festival
- Aichi Film Festival
- Festival du Film Amazigh
- Centrro Espressioni Cinematografiche
- Shanghai Int’l Film Festival
Production Team
Director
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Mohsen Abdolvahab
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Country
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Iran
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Runtime
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84 min
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Language
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Persian with English Subtitles
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Premiere Status
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Classification
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18+
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Year
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2005
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Screenwriter
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Producer
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Saeid Saadi
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Cinematographer
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Editor
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Cast
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Fatemeh Motamed Arya, Bahram Radan, Baran Kosari, Jaleh Sameti, Shahrokh Frootanian, Majid Bahrami
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