Djomeh
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Cast & Crew
Hassan Yektapanah
Jalil Nazari
Mahmoud Behraznia
Mahbobeh Khalili
Rashid Akbari
Valiollah Beta
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Synopsis
In a remote area of the Iranian mountains, 20-year-old Afghani refugee Djomeh works on a dairy farm alongside his older countryman, Habib. Every morning, Djomeh drives into town with the farm's kindly owner, Mr. Mahmoud, to whom he confides his scandalous romance with an older widow back home in Afghanistan as well as his blossoming affection for Setareh, the daughter of a local shopkeeper. The ease of their relationship contrasts sharply with the villagers' suspicious and cold attitudes to the young foreigner. The children throw stones and the adults make disparaging remarks but Djomeh retains his good humor, even when courting the indifferent Setareh. When Djomeh asks Mr. Mahmoud to act as an intermediary to pursue marriage with Setareh, his naive romanticism is painfully tested.
Director
Hassan Yektapanah
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Miscellaneous Notes
Co-winner, along with Bahman Ghobadi's "A Time for Drunken Horses," of the Camera d'Or for Best First Feature at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States Fall September 5, 2001
Released in United States May 2000
Released in United States September 2000
Shown at Cannes International Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) May 10-21, 2000.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 7-16, 2000.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 22 - October 5, 2000.
Feature directorial debut for assistant director Hassan Yektapanah.
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 22 - October 5, 2000.)
Released in United States May 2000 (Shown at Cannes International Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) May 10-21, 2000.)
Released in United States September 2000 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 7-16, 2000.)
Released in United States Fall September 5, 2001
