Iran / Color & BW / 35 mm / 68 minutes
Written, Directed and Produced by: MASSOUD BAKHSHI
Narrated by: NOSRAT KARIMI (“Daee Jaan Napoleon”)
Featuring music by: MOHSEN NAMJOO"
An imaginative and engaging history of Tehran that uses a petulant barbed humor to deliver a steady stream of irony about this drastically transformed society." –Variety
CLICK HERE to watch the OPENING SEQUENCE of the film.
WHEN:
November 5 & 6, 2008
7 p.m. and 9 p.m. showings ONLY
WHERE:
The Landmark
10850 W Pico Blvd. (Pico and Westwood)
Los Angeles, CA 90064
BOX OFFICE:
Call 310-281-8233 or to purchase online CLICK HERE
TICKET PRICES:
$12 General
$8 Children
$9 Seniors
GENERAL INFO:
310-310-1746 or www.SoCiArts.com
ABOUT THE FILM:
Directed by Massoud Bakhshi, made over a span of five years, TEHRAN HAS NO MORE POMEGRANATES follows director and his crew who are on a mission to make a film about their hometown, Tehran, but have hit a wall and must explain to their overseers at the Documentary Film Center why their project cannot be completed. They decide to investigate the city's past in order to better understand the present. What follows is a sarcastic and comic narrative about Tehran's transformation from a small village into a megapolis of increasing urban mess, pollution, inadequate housing, class gaps and the fatal destiny of its delicious pomegranates. Using an energetic mix of rare archival footage from the past 150 years, unconventional photography, mock interviews and a playful soundtrack, the aesthetic and cultural values of old and new Tehran are brought to life. In the process, director and crew embark on a self-discovery, realizing that while they belong to a drastically transformed Tehran, being a "Tehrani" is a timeless state of mind.
"The film just floods over you—it plays out almost like a dream!" Pamela Cohn
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