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"A man who ate his cherries" (Mardi ke gilass hayash ra khord)

Director: Payman Haghani
Scriptwriters: Payman Haghani & Hamid-Reza Keshani
Director of Photography: Farshad Mohammadi
Editor: Behrang Sanjabi 
Music: Selection of Chopin and Rachmaninoff
Sound Recorder & Mix: Mehran Malakooti
Assistant Director: Chakameh Marandi
Executive Producer: Reza Mehranfar
Investors: Amir Samavati & Payman Haghani
Producer: Amir Samavati
Cast: Hassan Pourshirazi, Asha Mehrabi, Reza Afshar, Maryam Khodarahmi, Bagher Soroosh, Iman Enayati and with presence of Hamed Behdad
B & W ,Color, 35 mm, 1:1/66, 16/9, 77 min, 2009, Iran

 


Film Reviews of "A Man Who Ate His Cherries" by Elizabeth Kerr from Hollywood Reporter

 

SYNOPSIS:

Reza, a simple worker, who is suffering from sexual incompetence, is convicted by a family court to pay the marriage portion to his wife who is seeking a divorce. In order to provide the money and prove that he is capable person, he has to consider a few options. Remembering one of his co-workers who lost his fingers while at work in a factory and who received compensation from the insurance company, gives him an idea.
 

BIOGRAPHY:

Payman Haghani was born in Tehran in 1982. His memorable days of primary school began when the Iran-Iraq war ended. Later he dropped out of university and managed to pursue his real passion, filmmaking. He made his first short film “Cell No. 3” in 2001 which was a success. He then seriously started to study cinema. Besides making short films and documentaries, he has cooperated with many famous filmmakers (in 10 films) as Editor and Director of Photography (in 7 films). “A man who had his cherries” is his debut film.
 

FILMOGRAPHY:

  • “Cell No. 3”                               Short Film        17 mins     2001
  • “Photo of Love”                         Short Film        30 mins     2003
  • “Nature in Two Views”               Documentary    18 mins     2005
  • “Mehdy’s Death”                        Documentary    60 mins     2009
  • “A Man Who Ate His Cherries”      Feature            77 min      2009

FESTIVALS

  • Pusan Int’l Film Festival (8 – 16 Oct 2009/ Korea)
    Competition (New Current)
  • Festival Do Rio (24 Sep – 8 Oct 2009/ Brazil)
  • Sao Paulo Int’l Film Festival (23 Oct – 5 Nov 2009/ Brazil)
    New Filmmaker Competition
  • Mar del Plata Int’l Film Festival (7 – 15 Nov 2009/ Argentina)
    Official Competition Section
  • Denver Film Festival (12 – 22 Nov 2009/ USA)
  • Luanda Int’l Film Festival (20 – 27 Nov 2009/ Angola)
    Competition
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Washington DC (8 and 10 Jan 2010/ USA)
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (17 Jan 2010/ USA)
  • Rice Cinema/ Houston (6 Feb 2010/ USA)
  • UCLA Film & Television Archive (14 Feb 2010/ USA)
  • Belgrade Int’l Film Festival (19 – 28 Feb 2010/ Serbia)
  • CPH PIX (15 – 25 April 2010/ Denmark)
    Competition
  • Int’l Film Festival "Zerkalo" (The Mirror) (24 – 30 May 2010/ Russian) Winner of the Russian Guild of Film Critics
  • Kiev Int’l Film Festival (25 May – 1 June 2010 / Ukraine) Competition
  • Sarajevo Film Festival (23 – 31 July 2010/ Bosnia and Herzegovina ) 
  • Panorama Section
  • Third Eye Asian Film Festival (28 Oct. – 4 Nov. 2010 / India)
  • World Film Festival of Bangkok (5 – 16 Nov. 2010 / Thailand)
  • ASIATICAFILMMEDIALE Film Festival (12 – 20 Nov. 2010 / Italy)
  • Int’l Social Communication Cinema Conference & ROOPKALA KENDRO (15 – 21 Feb. 2011 / India)

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