This is an unusual film of exceptional values--75 minutes long in color, with hardly any spoken dialogs. I saw this Iranian film in Farsi without English subtitles at the Early Iranian cinema retrospective on-going International Film Festival of Kerala, India. That I was watching a print without subtitles did not make a difference as there were very few lines of spoken dialogs.
This is a very accessible film for any audience to enjoy--its story and values are not merely Iranian, it's universal.
The film is set in rural Iran that had not tasted petro-dollar prosperity. The setting is on fringes of desert land, where water is scarce, rainfall scanty and hardly any blade of grass is green. Add to it wind and dust that buffets and whips man and animal and you can imagine plight of the people who live on the fringes of society.
The film is moving tale of a young teenager returning to his village with a goat--only to find his family and villagers have moved on to escape natures vagaries and that one old man remains. He gives the goat to him and goes in search of his family. Water is scarce and well water it treated with reverence and never wasted.
海伦·文森特,若西安·巴拉斯科,露德温·塞尼耶,皮埃尔·洛廷,索菲·吉耶曼,加朗·厄洛斯,马立克·兹迪,保罗·博雷佩雷,文森特·科隆布,米歇尔·马谢罗,玛丽·劳伦斯·塔尔塔斯
汤姆·布莱斯,拉塞尔·托维,玛丽亚·迪齐亚,克里斯蒂安·库克,加布·法齐奥,艾米·福赛思,约翰·贝德福德·劳埃德,达瑞斯·弗雷泽,亚历桑德拉·福特·巴拉兹,萨姆·阿沙·布朗斯坦,Henry Stockwell,Ben Anderson,Jason Ngo,Joseph Emmi Sr.,Charli Emmi,Oliver Fedrizzi,Emily Fedrizzi,Carmen Emmi III,Anthony Tibolla,Luke Burke,Joseph Emmi Jr.
伊娃·维克托,娜奥米·阿基,路易斯·坎瑟米,凯莉·麦科马克,卢卡斯·赫奇斯,约翰·卡洛·林奇,海缇安·朴,E·R·费特马斯特,Cody Reiss,乔丹·门多萨,Anabel Graetz,Jonny Myles,Danny Diaz,Marc Carver,利兹·毕晓普,Natalie Rotter-Laitman,Francesca D'Uva,Alison Wachtler,戴维·J·库蒂斯,Priscilla Manning
底玲冲,古亚鹏,王梓尘,李文豪,宋昊旻,刘爱国,巴多,四郎彭措
多米尼克·布隆,格莱高利·嘉德波瓦,德尼·波达利德斯,塞尔奇·哈赛纳维奇,安东宁·毛瑞尔,亚当·卡拉热,马特·霍夫曼,洛朗·巴图,西蒙·沃德丁,奥列格·伊姆波特,让-路易·特兰蒂尼昂,亚历山大·佩特罗夫
彭禺厶,成超越,王双宝