IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
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COMPETITION<br />
COUNTRY FOCUS - IRAN<br />
<strong>IFFI</strong>-<strong>2008</strong><br />
The Fish Fall in Love<br />
/ Mahi-ha Ashegh Mishavand<br />
2005, Colour, 35 mm, 94 mins, Persian<br />
Director<br />
Ali Rafiee<br />
Screenplay<br />
Ali Rafiee<br />
Cinematography<br />
Mahmoud Kalari<br />
Editor<br />
Varuzh Karim Masihi<br />
Music<br />
Ali Samadpour<br />
Cast<br />
Reza Kianian (Aziz), Roya Nonahali (Atieh), Golshifteh<br />
Farahani, Maryam Saadat, Maedeh Tahmasbi, Mahdi Pakdel,<br />
Sina Razani<br />
Production Design<br />
Ali Rafiee<br />
Sound<br />
Sasan Nakhaie, Mohsen Roshan<br />
Production<br />
Hassan Kalami<br />
<strong>Festival</strong>s<br />
Seattle, San Diego Asian film festival<br />
Aziz returns home to take possession <strong>of</strong> the remaining portion <strong>of</strong> his father's estate which<br />
he had to abandon and go on an undesired journey 25 years ago. On his arrival, however,<br />
he encounters Atiyeh... The film uses the language <strong>of</strong> food to speak <strong>of</strong> life and a story <strong>of</strong><br />
unrequited love set in Northern Iran.<br />
Born in Isfahan in 1938, Ali Rafiee holds BA and MA degrees in sociology from the<br />
Sorbonne University, BA, MA and PhD in dramatic arts from Sorbonne, Higher<br />
Diploma in film and stage direction from the <strong>International</strong> Theater University in France,<br />
and Diploma <strong>of</strong> Acting from Charles Dulain in France. With experiences as a performer<br />
in a number <strong>of</strong> films and TV programmes in France and England, Rafiee teaches at the<br />
Tehran University at the moment. He has been head <strong>of</strong> the City Theater in Tehran from<br />
1975 to 1978 and dean <strong>of</strong> the Dramatic College from 1977 to 1980. He has staged a<br />
number <strong>of</strong> classic plays. This was his first feature film.<br />
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