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Avalanche
A Window on Asian Cinema
Disaste · Capitalism · Human Rights
- CountryIran
- Production Year2015
- Running Time90min
- Format DCP
- ColorColor
Program Note
This is the second feature film by Morteza Farshbaf, who won the New Currents Award at the Busan International Film Festival with his debut film Mourning. One of the judges, director Yonfan, had commented that he “set a new standard in poetic films.” In his second film, he utilizes the language he created, especially his use of sound, to approach a more perfect film world, or real world. The story is about Homa, a seasoned nurse with decades of experience, who is asked to be an exclusive nurse to the hospital director’s mother, who is in critical condition. During the ten days, the area is beset with endless snow due to climate changes and Homa suffers from unprecedented insomnia. The film depicts how Homa slowly creates an irrational cage for herself by reacting sensitively, not to the aftermath of a specific and obvious event, but to trivial and small changes in daily life. A 30-year acting veteran, actress Fatemeh Motamed-Aria, and her husband both in film and real life, Ahmad Hamed, contribute to the paralyzing presence of the film. (PARK Jin-hee)
Director
Morteza FARSHBAF
Writer, editor and cinematographer Morteza Farshbaf hails from Iran and holds a BFA in cinema from the University of Art in Tehran. He has also workshopped with renowned filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. After few successful short films, he made his feature debut with Mourning which was premiered at Busan Film Festival and then was shown in more than 20 film festivals around the globe.
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Credit
- Director Morteza FARSHBAF 모르테자 파르샤바프
- Producer Javad Norouzbeigi
- Cast Fatemeh Motamed Aria, Ahmad Hamed, Farideh Esmaili, Maryam Shirazi
- Screenplay Morteza Farshbaf, Nasim Marashi
- Cinematography Hooman Behmanesh
- Production Design Behzad Kazazi
- Editor Pouya Parsamagham
- Sound Vahid Moghadasi
- Music Hamed Sabet
- Production Company
Qabe Aseman Film Company
Iran No. 24, 4th Floor, 27th ST., Shahid Abedi St., Shahrak Mokhaberat, Saadat-Abad, Tehran
info@qabeaseman.com
- World Sales
Iranian Independents
Iran PO Box 15875-4769, Tehran
info@iranianindependents.com