Bad ma ra khahad bord [videorecording] / A New Yorker Films release Marin Karmitz et Abbas Kiarostami présentent avec la participation de Centre National de la Cinématographie, a film by Abbas Kiarostami ; producers, Marin Karmitz, Abbas Kiarostami ; screenplay writer & director, Abbas Kiarostami.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999. Based on the idea by Mahmoud Aydin. Special features: original theatrical trailer. Behzad Dourani.
Summary:
A filmmaker travels to a remote mountain village secretly planning to record a local ritual ceremony surrounding an old dying woman. He befriends a local boy who ultimately becomes his informant on the fate of the old woman. As the rustling wind, golden light, and deep shadows of the village cast an alluring spell, the deathwatch drags on as the woman stubbornly clings to life, leaving the crew impatient.
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