Tales of Kish
(Ghesse haye kish)
by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Iran
Script: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cineamtographer: Mohammad Ahmadi
Editing: Maysam Makhmalbaf
Sound: Nezam Khiaee
Cast: Mohammad A. Babhan, Nourieh Mahigiran
Production: Kish Productions
Distribution:
ARP Distribution
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75 008 Paris
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www.arpselection.com
Year: 1999
35 mm, Colour, 72 min,
OV Farsi with French Subtitles
Cannes Film Festival 1999
Three film-makers and an island in the middle of the Persian Gulf.
The Greek Boat by Nasser Taghvai
the sea has brought back boxes which strangely disturb a shop keeper's wife working on the island's shore.
The Ring by Abolfazl Jalili
A provincial young man, whose family cannot finance his studies, illegally comes on the island to find a job.
The Door by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
A man who owns nothing but the door of his house, wanders on the arid land of the island. His daughter follows him; she is veiled and keeps a goat on a lead. The post-man comes on his bicycle; he has a letter for him. The old man puts down the door, opens it and takes the letter. When he realises it is a love letter for his daughter, he tears if off. He closes the door and puts it back on his shoulders...
