"Loose Rope" (Rismaneh Baz)
Director: Mehrshad Karkhani
Scriptwriters: Mehrshad Karkhani, Babak Panahi
Director of Photography: Farshad Mohammadi
Editor: Shahrzad Pouya
Set Designer: Babak Panahi
Music: Sattar Oraki
Sound Recorder: Mahmoud Khorsand
Sound Mix: Ali-Reza Alavian
Assistants Director: Modjtaba Khademzadeh, Mahdi Pour Moosa
Production Manager: Mohammad Reza Rastgoo
Producer: Habibollah Kaseh Saz
Production Company: Asre Entezar
Co-production Company: Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC)
Cast: Pejman Bazeghi, Babak Hamidian, Keramat Roudsaz, Narges Mohammadi
Color, 35 mm, 1:1/85, 82 min, 2008
Two young rural men who work at the animal’s market in Tehran have only 24 hours to take a large cow from downtown to the northern part of the city. Their job and future are at stake. The spectators follow their obligatory journey with the rope which is tied around the cow. Karkhani very cinematically describes the contrast which exists between the south and the north of a metropolis.
BIOGRAPHY:
When the war broke out Mehrshad Karkhani left school in order to do his military service. Azizollah Hamidnejad (the filmmaker) encouraged him to do documentary and social photography. He then became acquainted with Amir Naderi (the filmmaker) and learnt how to see through photography and cinema. He presented his photos at domestic and foreign exhibitions. He entered the photography of cinema through “Hoor in Fire” for which he received the prize for the best photo at the Fajr International Film Festival. He then started making documentary and advertising films. He directed 4 short films and one feature film “My Sin” before his second feature film “Loose Rope”.
FILMOGRAPHY
- “Passage Voices” 20 min Short 1998
- “Pleasant Memories” 15 min Short 2002
- “Alas! Song” 15 min Short 2003
- “If It’s Sunny…” 18 min Short 2003
- “My Sin” 85 min Feature 2007
- “Loose Rope” 82 min Feature 2008
FESTIVALS:
- Hamburg Int'l Film Festival (25 Sep. – 2 Oct. 2008/ Germany)
- Gene Siskel Film Center (4 Oct. – 3 Nov. 2008/ USA)
- London Int'l Film Festival (15 – 30 Oct. 2008/ UK)
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (29 Nov 2008/ USA)