"EMPTY HANDS"
(Bad Be Dastan)
Director & Scriptwriter: Abdolreza Kahani
Director of Photography: Toraj Aslani
Sound: Rouholah Jafar Begloo
Editor : Abdolreza Kahani
Music : Selection of music from Ostad Shir Mohammad Espandar
Cast: Hossein Mirdousti, Maryam Dorosteh, Fatemeh Khorvash, Farah Mirkamali
Producer: Mohammad Reza Sharafeddin
2004, 70 min, Color, 35mm
“EMPTY HANDS” is a true story of a polygynous man who lives with his 5 wives and 50 children in lodges in southern Iran.
Despite having a big family, who form a village, he is lonesome but pretends to be a happy and successful man.
He thinks that he exploits his wives and children but in fact he is exploited by his own master that all the family work on his farm just to have a better place to live.
Finally his master promises to build him a house but this is when all his major problems start….
BIOGRAPHY:
Born in 1973 in Neishabour, Abdolreza Kahani begins his career at his young age as an actor, writer and director of theatre. As a director and an actor of several professional theatres he is an experienced man in this field. He holds his B.A. in actor of theatre and his M.A. in theatre direction.
Kahani also has a slight experience with Television and has worked on the script of many other directors. His documentary “Travelers of Need” was awarded and appreciated in Iran. “Empty Hands” is a real story played by real characters and is his first long work.
FILMOGRAPHY
Documentary:
- TRAVELERS OF NEED (29 min) 2001
Short Film:
- SMILE (38 min) 1988
Doc-Fiction:
- EMPTY HANDS( 70 min) 2004
FESTIVALS:
- Sao Paulo Film Festival (20 Oct – 4 Nov 2004/ Brazil)
- Pune Int'l Film Festival (12 – 20 Jan 2006/ India)