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"UNDER THE SKIN OF THE CITY"
(Zir-e Pust-e Shahr)
 

Director: Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
Scriptwriters: R. Bani-Etemad, Farid Mostafavi
Director of Photography: Hossein Jafarian
Editor: Mostafa Khergheh-Poush
Sound: Asghar Shahverdi
Cast: Golab Adineh, Mohammad-Reza Forutan, Baran Kosari
Producers: R. Bani-Etemad, Jahangir Kosari
2000, 92min, Color, 35mm
   
SYNOPSIS:

Tuba, who works in a weaving factory, is carrying the burden of her husband and four children on her shoulder, trying to make a better life for her children, what she couldn’t have so far. Her eldest son Abbas is so worried about the mother and is searching for a better work, hopeful for a better condition for the family, but he makes the family’s condition worse.

BIOGRAPHY:  

Director, screenwriter, born in 1954 in Tehran, B.A. in film directing from Dramatic Arts University, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad began her career as a documentary filmmaker for Iranian TV and after some experiences as assistant director, made her first feature film ”Off the Limits” (1987)

FILMOGRAPHY

Feature:    

  • OFF THE LIMITS       1987
  • CANARY YELLOW     1988
  • FOREIGN CURRENCY  1989
  • NARGESS                 1991
  • THE BLUE VEILED     1994
  • THE MAY LADY        1998
  • BARAN & THE NATIVE      1999, An episode of the film KISH
  • UNDER THE SKIN OF THE CITY      2000
  • OUR TIMES... 2002

Documentary:    

  • THE CULTURE OF CONSUMPTION        1979
  • OCCUPATION OF MIGRANT PEASANTS IN CITY     1980
  • THE WAR ECONOMIC PLANNING      1981
  • CENTRALIZATION       1982
  • THE 1992 REPORT      1992
  • SPRING TO SPRING     1993
  • WHOM DO YOU SHOW THESE FILMS?     1994
  • THE LAST VISIT WITH IRAN DAFTARI     1995
  • UNDER THE SKIN OF THE CITY               1996

 FESTIVALS:

  1. 23rd Moscow Int’1 Film Festival, Russia, 2001
    Winner of The Grand Jury Prize
  2. Karlovy Vray Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2001
  3. Montreal World Film Festival, Canada, 2001
  4. Toronto Film Festival, Canada, 2001
  5. Film From the South Festival, Denmark, 2001
  6. Fukuoka Int’1 Film Festival, Japan, 2001
  7. Vancouver Int’1 Film Festival, Canada, 2001
  8. Mill Valley Film Festival, USA, 2001
  9. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, USA, 2001
  10. The Film Center of Chicago, USA, 2001
  11. Films From the South, Norway, 2001
  12. Slovenian National Cinematheque, Slovenia, 2001
  13. Viennale Int’1 Film Festival, Austria, 2001
  14. Tokyo Int’1 Film Festival, Japan, 2001
  15. London Film Festival, England, 2001
  16. Thessaloniki Int’1 Film Festival, Greece, 2001
  17. Calcutta Film Festival, India, 2001
  18. Torino Film Festival, Italy, 2001
  19. Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia, 2001
  20. Goteborg Film Festival, Sweden, 2001
  21. Festival of Iranian Films in UCLA Film and TV Archive, USA, 2001
  22. Sundance Film Festival, USA, 2001
  23. Palm Spring Film Festival, USA, 2001
  24. Festival of Iranian Films in Rice University & Media Center, USA, 2001
  25. Seattle Int’1 Film Festival (Women in Cinema), USA, 2001
  26. Rotterdam Film Festival, Holland, 2001
  27. Portland Film Festival, USA, 2001
  28. Cleveland Film Festival, USA, 2002
  29. Rennes Int’1 Film Festival, France, 2002
  30. Festival of Iranian Films in Asia Society and Museum, USA, 2002
  31. Festival of Iranian Films in California Institute of the Arts, USA, 2002
  32. The Danish Film Institute/ Cinematheque, Denmark, 2004

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