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"BOUTIQUE"
(Boutique)

Director and Scriptwriter: Hamid Nematollah
Director of Photography: Mahmoud Kalari
Editor: Mohamad Reza Moini
Sound: Massoud Dadgari
Sound & Mix: Parviz Abnar
Cast: Mohamad Reza Golzar, Golshifteh Farahani, Reza Rooygari, Hamed Behdad, Afsaneh Chehre-Azad, Akbar Moazezi
Executive Producer: Hadi Anbardar
Producer: Morteza Shayesteh
Director of the project: Mostafa Shayesteh
Production: Morteza Shayesteh and Mostafa Shayesteh in Hedayat Film
2004, 115 min, Color, 35 mm.

   
SYNOPSIS:

"Boutique" is a story of confusion and survival of Iranian young generation in the capital city of Tehran.
Eti, an innocent seventeen years old girl from a poor family seeks to escape from her infernal class boundaries with help of Jahan.
Jahan, who doesn't show his fear of chaotic society and despite of many difficulties for preserving his job as a seller in a "Boutique" tries to help all of his friends including Eti but in fact discovers it is not easy to change the rules of his society.

BIOGRAPHY:  

Hamid Nematollah was born in 1967 and began his film career at the age of sixteen, making 8 mm films. Since then, he has become a seasoned filmmaker who has worked in all aspects of film and television. He has been a critic for Cinematographic Magazine, as well as a scriptwriter and program director for television. He has served as an Assistant Director for many renown Iranian Directors and has made several short films in both 16 mm and Video format. “Boutique” is his first feature film.

FILMOGRAPHY

Feature:

  • Boutique-(115 min), 35 mm, 2004

Short Film:

  • The Last Event (10 min), 16 mm, 1988
  • The Tumult(14 min), 16 mm,  1991
  • Muezzin (50 min), 16 mm,  1995
  • Yellow Velvet (54 min),  1996
  • Golden Fish (40 min),  1996
  • Nightmare of Dryness (50 min),  2000 

FESTIVALS:

  1. Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (12 Nov 2004 – 30 Jan 2005 /USA)
  2. 3 Continents Film Festival in Nantes (23 – 30 Nov 2004/ France)
    Winner of the Best Actress
  3. Kerala Int'l F.F (10 17 Dec 2004/ India)
  4. Festival Black Movie (2005/ Switzerland)
  5. Cinema Panora / Folkets Bio Malmo (2005/ Sweden)
  6. Taiwan Film & Culture association ( 24 Sep – 6 Oct 2005/ Taiwan)
  7. Tbilisi Int'l Film Festival (4 – 9 Oct 2005/ Georgia)
  8. Pune Int'l Film Festival (12 – 20 Jan 2006/ India)
  9. Singapore Int’l Film Festival

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