Canada / Sep 12, 2012 / Toronto International Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of finding his wife, who thinks he's been dead for over twenty years.
Genres
DramaThrillerHistory
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | وەرزی کەرگەدەن |
| Original language | فارسی (FA) |
| Spoken languages | English, فارسی, Türkçe |
| Production countries | Iran, Iraq, Turkey |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Mij Film Co., BKM Film, Elmalma Marka Iletisim |
| Release date | 25 ottobre 2012 |
| Executive producer | Menderes Demir |
| Production | Belçim Bilgin, Bahman Ghobadi |
| Writer | Bahman Ghobadi |
| Editing | Valérie Loiseleux, Bora Göksingöl, Ayhan Vostina |
| Cinematography | Touraj Aslani |
| Assistant directors | Ali Farkhonde, Farhad Firouzmand, Sepehr Mikaeilian, Bahman Ghobadi |
| Camera operators | Touraj Aslani |
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| Additional photography | Touraj Aslani |
| Production design | Ali Daryai, Bahman Ghobadi, Eda Tutuk, Erim Gayretli |
| Art direction | Eda Tutuk, Erim Gayretli, Ali Daryai, Bahman Ghobadi |
| Set decoration | Ali Daryai, Bahman Ghobadi, Eda Tutuk, Erim Gayretli |
| Visual effects | Taraneh Golozar, Farbod Khoshtinat |
| Music | Kayhan Kalhor, Mohammadreza Shajarian, Faraz Mesgari Abbasi, Sinan Berksöz, Stéphane De Rocquigny, Samet Kilic, Séverine Ratier, Murat Şenürkmez, François Lepeuple |
| Sound | Mohammadreza Shajarian, Kayhan Kalhor, Faraz Mesgari Abbasi, Sinan Berksöz, Stéphane De Rocquigny, Samet Kilic, Séverine Ratier, Murat Şenürkmez, François Lepeuple |
| Costume design | Funda Buyuktunalioglu |
| Makeup | Funda Buyuktunalioglu |
| Hairstyling | Funda Buyuktunalioglu |
Release dates
Premiere
Spain / Sep 26, 2012 / Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival
United States / Oct 10, 2012 / Chicago International Film Festival
Greece / Nov 04, 2012 / Thessaloniki International Film Festival
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Netherlands / Jan 25, 2013 / International Film Festival Rotterdam
Sweden / Jan 26, 2013 / Göteborg International Film Festival
Czechia / Jun 28, 2013 / Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Israel / Jul 06, 2013 / Jerusalem Film Festival
Theatrical release
France / Oct 25, 2012 / U
Türkiye / Oct 26, 2012
Netherlands / Mar 21, 2013
United States / Aug 13, 2013
Digital
Japan / Sep 15, 2013 / G
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