Cinema in Iran began to blossom in the 1950s and 1960s, kicking off what was to become one of the world's most celebrated national cinemas. What was coined the Iranian New Wave more or less includes films beginning in the 1960s all the way through the early 2010s, which encompasses the bulk of Iranian film history. Filmmaking shifted but did not stop after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, when many artists went into exile and more extreme censorship was imposed. Today, Iranian cinema that reaches the global market has a particular character to it, characterized by directors including Asghar Farhadi and Jafar Panahi, who have received international acclaim for their grounded features depicting the nuances of Iranian society. As such, this list reflects films of this nature.
In chronological order, we examine 6 Iranian films from 6 different Iranian directors that trace the diversity of these movies through the years, examining stories that have...
In chronological order, we examine 6 Iranian films from 6 different Iranian directors that trace the diversity of these movies through the years, examining stories that have...
- 6/18/2023
- by Olivia Popp
- AsianMoviePulse
Often considered as the first film that began the Iranian New Wave, it is also historically well-known for gaining admiration of Ayatollah Khomeini which saved the Iranian Cinema from being banned outright after the 1979 Revolution. Many of the later film directors such as Kiarostami, Panahi and Makhmalbaf were perhaps greatly influenced by Mehrjui’s works.
In this film, The Cow, Mehrjui narrates the tragic tale of how a man who deeply loves his cow laments her death and his consequent descent into madness as he finds it difficult to cope with his loss and grief. The film not only does justice to the character it attempts to sensitively portray, with special emphasis on the human psyche at action here, but also closely studies the poverty and sociopolitical conditions of rural Iran.
While the faces and gait of the rest of the villagers seem to be marked by...
In this film, The Cow, Mehrjui narrates the tragic tale of how a man who deeply loves his cow laments her death and his consequent descent into madness as he finds it difficult to cope with his loss and grief. The film not only does justice to the character it attempts to sensitively portray, with special emphasis on the human psyche at action here, but also closely studies the poverty and sociopolitical conditions of rural Iran.
While the faces and gait of the rest of the villagers seem to be marked by...
- 2/1/2020
- by Shrubaboti Bose
- AsianMoviePulse
Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Dariush Mehrjui's The Cow is exclusively showing January 8 – February 6, 2020 in Mubi's Rediscovered series.The silhouette of a four-legged creature emerges over an indistinct horizon. As it moves, it splits apart and merges together a few more times, revealing itself to be a man and his cow. This sequence, presented in a series of black-and-white negative images, comes at the start of Dariush Mehrjui’s pre-Iranian Revolution landmark The Cow—the story of a man whose beloved beast dies suddenly, and who subsequently goes insane, imagining himself to have become a cow. (And not just any cow—his cow.) An adaptation of “Gav,” by writer and playwright Gholam-Hossein Sa’edi, it’s a film of unstable, amorphous identity, for which that suggestive overture soon becomes emblematic. But given its ever-shifting borders, this portentous, almost phantasmic image also carries a different,...
- 1/3/2020
- MUBI
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