Israfil
First screened in November 2017
Director: Ida Panahandeh. Cast: Hediyeh Tehrani, Pejman Bazeghi, Hoda Zeinolabedin, Merila Zare'i, Pouria Rahimi, Ali Omrani, Soheyla Razavi, Soudabeh Jafarzadeh, Ali Sheidayifar, Negar Mosallat, Yousef Bakhtiari. Screenplay: Ida Panahandeh and Arsalan Amiri. Twitter Capsule:
A grieving woman, no less abandoned for being amongst family. A man. Another woman. All one tale, given such poetic shape.
VOR:⑤
A "woman's picture" Sirk would have recognized, distinctive from the few Iranian exports that ever land in America. Exquisite control of story and craft.
