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"THE LONGEST NIGHT"
(Shab-e Yalda)
 

Director: Scriptwriter and Editor: Kiumars Pourahmad
Director of Photography: Hossein Jafarian
Music: Hamid Yaraghchian
Sound: Bahman Ardalan
Cast: Mohammad-Reza Forutan, Elham Charkhandeh, Parvindokht Yazdanian
Production: Tamasha Cultural Institute
2001, 88min, Color, 35mm
   
SYNOPSIS:

In the night of the winter solstice (Shab-e Yalda), Hamed begins a dark journey into the recesses of the past. He, who has been in love with his wife Mahnaz, finds out the loss, betrayal and survival through his imposed loneliness, when his wife and his daughter Nazee have left Iran in search of a better future in Germany.

BIOGRAPHY:  

Born in 1949 in Isfahan, Kiumars Pourahmad started his work from 1974 as assistant director in a TV serial. After making some short films and TV series, he made his first feature film TATOUREH in 1984. It was ’Majid’s Stories” that made him totally popular in Iran. He was the assistant director of Abbas Kiarostami in ”Where is the Friend’s Home?” and now is one of the most active and famous Iranian directors.

FILMOGRAPHY

Feature:    

  • TATOUREH                        1987
  • BIBI CHELCHELEH                1984
  • GOYAR                              1987
  • THE HARBOUR                    1988
  • SILENT HUNT                     1989
  • THE SHAME                        1992
  • THE NEXT DAY MORNING     1992
  • BREAD & POETRY                1993
  • FOR THE SAKE OF HANIEH    1995
  • STRANGER SISTERS             1995
  • THE LONGEST NIGHT           2001

 FESTIVALS:

  1.  Bangkok International Film Festival (2003)
  2.  Festival de Cinema de Rennes (2003)

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