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Shirin (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Farsi ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
91 min + 27 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
Iran ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
Abbas Kiarostami

Written By:
Abbas Kiarostami

Actors:
Mahnaz Afshar ..... Woman in audience
Taraneh Alidoosti ..... Woman in audience
Juliette Binoche ..... Woman in audience
Golshifteh Farahani ..... Woman in audience
Niki Karimi ..... Woman in audience

Synopsis:

Celebrated Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami directed this experimental feature in which, in the truest sense, the audience is the star. Shirin was shot during a performance of a play based on Farrideh Golbou's narrative poem Khosrow e Shirin, a love story in which an artist and an emperor both vie for the hand of a queen from Armenia. However, what is happening on stage is never seen; instead, Kiarostami trains his camera on the women watching the performance (one of whom is French actress Juliette Binoche, while the others are artists from Iran). We see the story as it is reflected in the reaction of the spectators, who laugh, cry and become drawn into the emotions of the tale that is played out before them. Shirin was an official selection at the 2008 Venice Film Festival.

Widely regarded as one of the most important, ambitious and rewarding filmmakers at work today, Kiarostami continues to explore the potential of cinema, stimulating and challenging the viewer's imagination to an extraordinary degree. His new film Shirin, a retelling of a classic Persian love story, offers a feast for the imagination of a wholly unexpected kind.

A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses, and a French star are mute spectators at a theatrical representation of 'Khosrow and Shirin,' a Persian poem from the twelfth century. The performance of the piece remains off-screen to the viewer of the film. The whole story is told by the reactions on the faces of the women watching the show.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 02 January, 2010.

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