Container of (work): Soleil Ô (Motion picture) Container of (work): Downpour (Motion picture)
Notes:
Title from container. Soleil Ô: Robert Liensol, Théo Légitimus, Gabriel Glissant. Downpour: Parvis Fanizadeh, Parvaneh Massoumi. Special features: new introductions to the films by Martin Scorsese; excerpts from an interview with director, Med Hondo; new interview with director Bahram Beyzaie.
Contents:
Soleil Ô / director, Med Hondo (102 min. : 1970) -- Downpour / director, Behram Beyzaie (129 min. : 1972).
Summary:
Soleil Ô: A native of Mauritania is delighted when he is chosen to work in Paris. However, he is disappointed when he sees racial inequity as blacks are relegated to manual labor while less skilled whites are given preferential treatment. Downpour: A well educated and humble teacher arrives in a new city and at a new job in the pre-revolutionary Iran. He falls in love with a hardworking underprivileged young woman that nurses her very old mother and raises her young brother. In an environment where commitments and social problems often stand in the way between people and their dreams.
Series:
Criterion collection Martin Scorsese's world cinema project ; no. 3
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1197988475
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
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