Sunday, November 8, 2009

Film: ACROSS THE RIVER (ANSOOYE ROUDKHANEH)


Resume: In the wake of a major battle of Iran-Iraq war, a cameraman finds himself stranded in the wilderness alongside the only other survivors, an Iraqi and an Iranian soldier. With a single gun between them, the soldiers alternatively take each other hostage, marching aimlessly upon the scorched earth to an unknown destination. Realizing that neither has anything left to go back to, they form an unlikely friendship, to which the cameraman is the sole witness.

director: Abbas Ahmadi Motlagh
screenplay: Abbas Ahmadi Motlagh, Mahshad Mokhberi
cinematographer: Massoud Salami
edition: Nazanin Mofakham
music: Aria Azimnejad
cast: Hazem Shahin, Ahmad Sa’atchian, Reza Molai, Razagh Radan
producer: Manouchehr Mohammadi
production:Faradis Barin Film Company
world sales: Iranian Independents
83 minutes/ color/ 35mm
Site: www.acrosstheriver-movie.com

Director: Abbas Ahmadi Motlagh

Born in 1958 in Tehran, Iran. He started his film career as an actor since he was just 11 years old. He made his first short film, With Permission, in 1981. Then, he made seven documentaries and one medium-length film in a period of 20 years. In 2007, he made Bad Pal, his first feature film. Across the River is his second feature film.

Source: http://www.mostra.org/home.php?language=en

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