Parviz
Parviz

Parviz

Director Majid Barzegar

Production year 2012

Length 107min.

Country Iran

SYNOPSIS

Despite being 50-years old, Parviz still lives off his father and the two men don’t get on very well. Things come to a head when his father tells him he has decided to remarry. Parviz has no other choice but give up his place to his stepmother and leave home. Parviz finds it difficult to get used to this new solitary life far from his neighborhood and the people he knows. He thus concocts a novel way of fighting back against the injustice done to him.

Awards

Jury's Special Mention Award | San Sebastian IFF, Spain, 2012

NETPAC Award | AsiaticaFilmMediale, Roma, Italy, 2012

CAST & CREW

Majid Barzegar
Majid Barzegar

Director

Producer(s)

Saeed Armand

Script

Hamed Rajabi ; Bardia Yadegari ; Majid Barzegar

Director of Photography

Amin Jafari

Production designer

Leila Naghdi Pari

Sound

Mehran Malakouti

Edit

Javad Emami

Cast

Levon Haftvan, Homeira Nonahali, Mahmoud Behrouzian

Majid Barzegar

Born1973, Hamedan, Iran. Barzegar holds a BA in Film and an MA in Dramatic Literature. He has made several short and documentary films. Rainy Seasons (2010), his first feature film, has been in official selection at festivals such as Rotterdam and Montreal.


Filmography

The Alleys of the Wind (1998, short), The Old and Doleful Ballad of Asmar’s Rainy Afternoon (2000, short), Walking in the Fog (2002, short), Rainy Seasons (2010), Parviz (2012).

FILMS 2013