The Hunter ( Shekarchi ) ( Il Cacciatore (Zeit des Zorns) )

The Hunter (DVD) (*)

~~$31.99~~ $25.97

Original Title: Shekarchi
Alternate Title: Il Cacciatore (Zeit des Zorns)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Farsi ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
88 min + 40 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Iran ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
Rafi Pitts

Written By:
Rafi Pitts

Actors:
Rafi Pitts ..... Ali Alavi
Mitra Hajjar ..... Sara P. Alavi - Ali's Wife
Ali Nicksaulat ..... Police Officer - Commander
Naser Madahi ..... Basiri - Old Night guard
Saba Yaghoobi ..... Saba Alavi - Ali's Daughter
Javad Nazari ..... Policeman
Malek Jahan Khazai ..... Ali's Mother
Mahmoud Babai ..... Policeman
Ali Mazinani ..... Reza - Young night guard
Ossta Shah Tir ..... Ali's Father
Hossein Nickbakht ..... Hotel Receptionist
Mansour Dowlatmand ..... Police Officer
Manoochehr Rahimi ..... Inspector
Shoja'edin Ghanaei ..... Doctor
Sara Kamrani ..... Orphonage Nurse

Synopsis:

Recently released from prison, Ali makes the most of his return, amidst much talk of the upcoming elections and promises of change. Despite working nights, he tries to spend the most time possible with his beautiful wife and young daughter. To escape the stress of urban living, Ali retreats to his favorite pastime of hunting in the secluded forest north of town. Tragedy strikes and Ali's wife Sara is accidentally killed in a police shoot-out with demonstrators. After a long and frustrating experience at the police station, Ali's own search for his missing six-year-old daughter ends in horror and pushes him over the edge. In broad daylight, overlooking the busy city's surrounding highways, Ali randomly shoots and kills two policemen. After a high-speed car chase outside of town, Ali flees into the northern forest where he is captured by two police officers. Ali is resigned to his fate and watches quietly as the arguing policemen lose their way in the woods. Situations complicate and the line between hunter and hunted becomes difficult to define...

In an act of vengeance, Ali a nightwatcher in Tehran, randomly kills two police officers on a highway. He becomes a fugitive and flees towards the northern forest, where he gets caught. In the remoteness of the wood, the boundaries between the hunter and the hunted begin to blur.

In an act of vengeance, a young man, randomly kills two police officers. He escapes to the forest, where he is arrested by two other officers. The three men are surrounded by trees, the woods. They are lost in a maze, a desolate landscape, where the boundaries between the hunter and the hunted are difficult to perceive.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 15 December, 2010.