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"BUTTERFLY IN THE WIND"
 (Parvanei Dar Baad)

Director & Scriptwriter: Abbas Rafei
Photography: Mohammad Reza Sokout
Sound: Mohammad Mokhtari
Sound and Mix: Amir Hossein Ghasemi
Editor: Hossein Zandbaf
Music: Fardin Khalatbari
Cast: Shaghayegh Farahani, Fariborz Arabnia
Producer: Abbas Rafei
2004, 97 min, Color, 35mm

   
SYNOPSIS:

"Butterfly in the Wind" is a story of the struggle of a woman who has just been released from the prison. She's without refuge and oppressed by her husband. The sole hope for continuing her living is to find her daughter who is living with her traitor husband on Iran – Pakistan border. She has to cross a hard road in desert in order to find her beloved daughter. Only Amir, who doesn't know himself whether he is a friend or an enemy, will not desert her.

BIOGRAPHY:  

Born in 1962 in Shiraz, Abbas Rafei is graduate in Cinematography from the University of Television and later in dramatic literature. He has made some short films and documentaries and television series. His first feature was "Mina's Secret" and "Butterfly in The Wind" is his second feature.

FILMOGRAPHY

Feature:

  • Mina's Secret                     1997
  • Butterfly in the Wind      2004

Short Film:

  • The Day of Judgment     2001

  • Verse of land                 2002

Documentary:

  • Mirror and fire                1993
  • Search                          1996

FESTIVALS:

  1. Umea Film Festival (16 – 22 Sep Sweden/ 2004)
  2. Festival Do Rio (23 Sep – 7 Oct Brazil/ 2004)
  3. Festival Film from the South in Oslo (7 – 18 Oct Norway/2004)
  4. Festival D' Amiens (5 – 14 Nov France/ 2004) Winner of the Best Actress
  5. Mannheim Heidelberger Film Festival (18 – 27 Nov Germany/ 2004)
  6. Int'l Film Festival of India (29 Nov – 2 Dec India/ 2004)
  7. Noir Film Festival (7 – 13 Dec Italy/ 2004)
  8. Newport Beach Film Festival (USA/ 2005)
  9. AVANCA 2005 Int'l Film Festival ( 27 – 31 July 2005/ Portugal)
  10. High Museum of Art in Atlanta (12 Aug – 10 Sep 2005/ USA)
  11. Tbilisi Int'l Film Festival (4 – 9 Oct 2005/ Georgia)
  12. Med Film Festival (7 – 14 Nov 2005/ Italy)
  13. Desert Nights Film Festival (1 – 7 Dec 2006/ Italy)

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