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COMPETITION
Directorial dissection of
the relationships of man
and woman
Asghar Farhadi was born in 1972 in
Isfahan, Iran. He has a Master in Film
Direction from the University of
Teheran. In 2001 he wrote the screen-
play for the critically acclaimed film
Low Heights directed by Ebrahim
Hatamikia. His had his directorial
debut in 2003 with
Dancing in the Dust.
Selected filmography
About Elly 2009
Firework Wednesday 2006
The Beautiful City 2004
Dancing in the Dust 2003
ABOUT ELLY
Darbareye Elly
With Fireworks Wednesday, screened at Films
from the South in 2007 – director Asghar
Farhadi established himself as a sharp-sighted
and highly intelligent observer of the relationships
between man and woman. In About Elly
he takes his extraordinary talent to a higher
level with a masterful psychological drama
– which will remain with the viewer for a
long time. Three families leave for a weekend
trip to the sea. Along for the outing is Elly, a
young, beautiful and unmarried pre-school
teacher. A recently divorced brother comes
along, not unexpectedly, and some envisage
that they could become a couple. The outing
proceeds very cheerfully, until a sudden turning
point where one of the children almost
drowns and Elly disappears without a trace.
But has she drowned or run away? With a
sharp rhetorical knife the director cuts into
the relationships among those left behind,
revealing lies, cowardice and violence under
the surface. ls
Iran 2009 Director Asghar FARHADI Script Azad JAFARIAN Camera Hayedh SAFI-YARI Cast Golshifteh FARAHANI,
Taraneh ALIDOOSTI Prod. Simaye Mehr Sales DreamLab Films, info@dreamlabfilms.com Language Farsi, English Subtitles English
Duration 119 min Format 35mm
AIR DOLL
Kûki Ningyô
Hideo is a middle-aged man who lives alone
with the inflatable doll Nozomi as his only
companion. He confides in her, they have dinner
together and they share a bed every night.
What he does not know is that Nozomi comes
to life every morning after he has left for work.
Dressed in uniform, she wanders around
by herself on expeditions in the city, with a
child‘s sense of wonder and enthusiasm. Every
afternoon she returns to revert to a lifeless
doll. Then one day, Nozomi meets Junichi in
a video store and falls in love. She gets a job
there and through the movies they watch together,
Nozomi learns about the outside world.
A world that literally takes her breath away.
The film about inflatable Nozomi, who
springs to life and love, has already enthralled
audiences in Cannes and Toronto. Cinematographer
Mark Lee Ping-bing‘s (In the Mood
for Love, 2000) stylistically assured and visually
ravishing universe lends a seductive depth
and intensity to the film. Air Doll is a film
about the loneliness that our modern urban
world also holds. Director Kore-eda is already
regarded as a cinematic genius by many. Air
Doll is likely to convince the rest. red
This film is part of the Kore-eda Retrospective.
Japan 2009 Director KORE-EDA Hirokazu Script KORE-EDA Hirokazu, GODA Yoshiie Camera Mark Lee PING-BING Cast BAE Doona,
ARATA, ITAO Itsuji, Joe ODAGIRI Prod. TV Man Union, Inc. Sales Fortissimo Films, info@fortissimo.nl Language Japanese
Subtitles English Duration 116 min Format 35mm
COMPETITION
The master director
Kore-eda breathes life into
Nozomi in this stylistically
beautiful film
Hirokazu Kore-eda was born in Tokyo in
1962. His first feature film, Maborosi,
won The Golden Lion at the Venice Film
Festival in 1995. Recurrent motifs in
his films are the polarities of life and
death, grief and loneliness. Kore-eda is
a filmmaker with a growing reputation
and his films are screened at festivals
all around the world.
Selected filmography
Air Doll 2009
Still Walking 2008
Hana 2006
Nobody Knows 2004
Distance 2001
After Life 1998
Maborosi 1995
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