Abolfazl Jalili — Director (7)

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Dance of Dust (1998)
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阿伯法周·贾利里 actor: 马赫姆德·胡斯拉维 / 利姆瓦·拉赫马尼
other title: 在沙尘中跳舞 / 尘埃之舞 …
A young Iranian boy makes friends with a young girl of the same age against a backdrop of the humdrum daily existence of rural workers.

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Tales of Kish (1999)
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other title: 키쉬 이야기 / Les contes de Kish …
Ghesse Haye Kish was originally produced as a six-episode omnibus film with finances from investors on the Island of Kish in the Persian Gulf, which is a free zone belonging to Iran. All episodes take place on the abandoned island, which had profited from the passing ships between Asia and Europe in ancient times, and they are all about solitude.These three episodes were shown in competition at the 52nd Cannes Film Festival in 1999.

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A True Story (1991)
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other title: Yek Dastan-e Vaghe'i / 萨马德的故事
导演阿巴斯最近要制作一部新电影,主演之一的萨馬德小时候受到火烧烫伤。如果不及时治疗的话会进一步恶化。于是阿巴斯决定放弃拍摄新的作品,进而帮助萨馬德联系医生对他进行治疗,同时把治疗过程拍摄下成为记录片。本片融电影和真实生活为一体,为阿巴斯不可多得的大作。

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Scabies (1987)
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other title: 疥疮 / La gale
Abolfazl Jalili's docudrama La Gale (Scabies) is about the painful lives of young offenders who are serving time in the reformatories of post-revolution Iran. Young Hamed, arrested for handing out political tracts banned by the Islamic Republic, finds himself in a place of great suffering, in which illiterate and penniless orphans wash floors and sell their own blood. When a disease breaks out in the prison, his life within this harsh environment becomes progressively worse, a near-daily fight for survival. The film is a searing indictment against a government that failed to deliver the on the promises with which it came to power: to deliver social justice to the oppressed and downtrodden. Initially released in the mid 1980s, at a time when Iran was at war with neighbouring Iraq, the film was an unwelcome edition to the Fajr Film Festival, as its theme of prison life was deemed critical of the Islamic Republic. In a re-edited version, the film was released in 1989 to critical acclaim.

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Delbaran (2001)
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Abolfazl Jalili actor: Kaim Alizadeh / Rahmatollah Ebrahimi …
other title: 沙漠中的少年 / 爱和希望的小镇
A poignant yet understated film which focuses on the everyday hardships of an isolated Iranian community on the border with Afghanistan, Delbaran centres on the story of a 14-year Afghan refugee working in a truck stop in the 'town' which gives its name to the film. The film is unusual in having very little dialogue and offers nothing by way of explanation of the wider context of war and cross-border migration which forms the backdrop to the events that are portrayed. The characters in the film are all too aware of the conflict and the sounds of automatic weapons are always within earshot, but they are so much an accepted part of their lives that they feel no need to comment on them. And that is one of the strengths of the film that makes it so compelling a portrait of life in this remote community. At one level, very little seems to go on in the film which has the feel of a documentary without a voiceover. In fact, a lot happens off camera, as revealed by indirect images and sounds, but the main emphasis of the film is the extraordinary yet humdrum nature of life in a marginalized community. The film has a distinctive look and feel, with an emphasis on images, movement and sound, and, although one would be hard pressed to identify a conventional narrative structure or message, there are aspects that resonate in the mind long after watching it. A recurring image is of three or even four men riding a single motorbike back and forth along a dusty mountain road. An especially poignant moment in a film in which the hardships of life mean that the characters hardly ever show great emotion, is when the central character of the 14-year old boy, Kaim, is offered medical help for an ear infection: his smile lights up the screen at this small act of human kindness. Highly recommended.

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Bahar (1985)
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other title: 走向春天
在两伊战争中,少年哈米特的家所在的坡斯坦市被伊拉克军队攻占。他只能逃往 森林里。护林老人照看着他,他还在想着家乡的父母。但同时也和护林老人建立 了浓厚的友谊,他是回家,还是继续留在森林里?为了取得身份证他一人来到政府 部门。他还在梦想着能够去工作。能够上学.......

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The Contrary Route (2021)
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阿伯法周·贾利里 actor: Pouyan Shekari
other title: 反身曲径
17岁的少年埃姆坎已经很多年没有见到父亲。他的母亲每天都在工厂里忙到深夜。他有一台小型摄录机,于是决定拍摄一部电影,为单调的日常生活增添新的乐趣。然而,他的操作不是很熟练,只能一点一点努力实现自己的目标……