Tales of an Island
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Dariush Mehrjui
Ali Mosaffa
Shahabodin Farokh Yar
Negar Forozandeh
Khosro Shakibai
Mohammad Reza Sharifi Nia
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Two stories of filmmakers on the Iranian island of Kish. In the first episode, "Dear Cousin Lost", the director dreams of the young actor's bride drowning in the sea. The crew is disorganized and rarely is one of them found at his post. Frustrated, the director spends time in his poetic dreams. The bride appears in the midst of the shooting, taking the actor to the skies. The actor leaves his earthly body to begin his supernatural travel. This puts an end to the filming. In the second episode, "Testing Democracy", Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Shahabodin Farokh Yar leave the location of the short film "The Door" in order to shoot a fiction film about the 6th Parliamentary election by handy cam. They leave Kish for Teheran and confront some adventures.
Cast
Ali Mosaffa
Shahabodin Farokh Yar
Negar Forozandeh
Khosro Shakibai
Mohammad Reza Sharifi Nia
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Crew
Shahabodin Farokh Yar
Shahabodin Farokh Yar
Mohsen Gharib
Kieyvan Jahanshahi
Mahmoud Kalari
Mostafa Kherge-pouse
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Dariush Mehrjui
Hassan Serajian
Hassan Serajian
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (On the Waterfront) January 24 - February 4, 2001.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (New Territories) August 30 - September 9, 2000.
35mm
color
