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Title:

Hamoun [videodisc].

Format:

[videodisc].

Publisher:

First Run Features,

Copyright Date:

2004?

Description:

1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Marriage--Iran--Fiction.
Iran--Social conditions--1979--Fiction.
Feature films.
DVD-Video discs
Foreign films--Iran.
Drama films.

Other Authors:

Mehrjui, Dariush.
Mansoori, T.
Shakibai, Khosro.
Entezami, Ezatollah.
Sersher, H.
Farahi, Bita.
First Run Features (Firm)

Notes:

Khosro Shakibai, Ezatollah Entezami, H. Sersher, Bita Farahi. Originally released as a motion picture in 1990. Special features: film notes by Godfrey Cheshire ; director biography ; photo gallery ; Iranian trailer gallery.

Summary:

The story of Hamid Hamoun, an executive in a large import-export business, who also works as a part-time English instructor. He feels alienated from Iranian society, bound by its conventions yet unwilling to abide by its rigid laws. His wife wants to divorce him but is unable to do so under Islamic law. In this film, husband and wife struggle to find their own solid ground.

Series:

Great directors of the world

UPC:

720229911139

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)