Hamoun
Written by Dariush Mehrjui
Directed by Dariush Mehrjui
Iran, 1990
Hamoun, playing at the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday 28th March, was voted the best Iranian film of all time in 1997 within film critic circles in Iran. It was directed by Dariush Mehrjui, the Tehran-born giant of Iranian cinema, and one of the co-founders of the most modern end of Iranian New Wave cinema.
Middle-class professional man Hamid Hamoun is floundering around in life after news that his wife Mahshid wants to divorce him. He is an elegant wastrel, struggling to finish his PhD on the ancient and holy tale of Abraham and his sacrifice: one of the first scenes in Hamoun shows the pages of his academic work being blown around by the breeze, helplessly, landing everywhere and nowhere. The film employs Fellini-esque flashbacks and dream sequences, a fitting mode of narrative which sees Hamid chase the past and...
Written by Dariush Mehrjui
Directed by Dariush Mehrjui
Iran, 1990
Hamoun, playing at the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday 28th March, was voted the best Iranian film of all time in 1997 within film critic circles in Iran. It was directed by Dariush Mehrjui, the Tehran-born giant of Iranian cinema, and one of the co-founders of the most modern end of Iranian New Wave cinema.
Middle-class professional man Hamid Hamoun is floundering around in life after news that his wife Mahshid wants to divorce him. He is an elegant wastrel, struggling to finish his PhD on the ancient and holy tale of Abraham and his sacrifice: one of the first scenes in Hamoun shows the pages of his academic work being blown around by the breeze, helplessly, landing everywhere and nowhere. The film employs Fellini-esque flashbacks and dream sequences, a fitting mode of narrative which sees Hamid chase the past and...
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