Manuchehr Anvar
2021Le vent des amoureux
Albert Lamorisse
Manuchehr Anvar
A 1978 French documentary film directed by Albert Lamorisse about the landscape of Iran. Lamorisse was killed in a helicopter crash while filming the documentary, during a helicopter-tour of Iran. His widow completed the film, based on his production notes, and released the film eight years later in 1978.
The Lovers' Wind
شهر قصه
Manuchehr Anvar
Parvaneh Massoumi, Sina Suzani
Shahr-e ghesse is perhaps the most popular of all Persian plays, was written in traditional rhythmic style that resulted in a kind of musical drama. Although it seems at first glance to have been written for children, its main audience, it is in fact a parable about contemporary socio political issues.
The City of Tales
A Dragon Arrives!
Mani Haghighi
Amir Jadidi, Ehsan Goodarzi
On Jan. 22, 1965, the day before the Iranian prime minister is assassinated, a car drives up to a shipwreck. Inside the wreck, a banished political prisoner has hung himself and the walls are covered in diary entries, literary quotes, and strange symbols. Fifty years later, the evidence, including intelligence tape recordings, is found in a box. The contents attest to the fact that the inspector and his colleagues were arrested, but why?
A Dragon Arrives!
