It’s
Winter
Zemestan
Rafi Pitts
Iran | 2005 | 85mins | 35mm | Colour | Subtitled
A arrestingly spartan picture of trying to scrape together
an existence in an unforgiving modern world. Set in
Tehran among an impoverished underclass, the lives of
two men are overlapped in a fatalistic way.
Mokhtar loses his job. Since he knows there is no chance
of earning money in his own country, he decides to look
for work abroad. He sets off, leaving behind his wife
and daughter. Months pass. His family do not receive
a single sign of life from him. One day, a stranger
arrives in town. Charismatic and confident, Marhab has
what can only be called a roving eye, and before long,
begins moving in on Mokhtar’s wife.
One of those films that forces you to rethink your
preconceptions about Iranian cinema - Screen International
It looks a dream, features some quite stunning
music, and displays a quiet but bold directorial assurance
– Time Out
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