Behzad Dorani

  • Nazgol Kashani – Khoda Biamorz AKA May She Rest in Peace (2021)

    2021-2030DramaIranNazgol KashaniShort Film

    A former bourgeoisie family’s preoccupation with socio-economic identity continues even into death as they decide what the best burial plot for their aunt is.
    May She Rest in Peace centres around a former Bourgeoisie family in Iran whose current social status is in decline. The family’s preoccupation with socio-economic identity continues even into death as they are deciding what is the best burial plot for their aunt.Read More »

  • Abbas Kiarostami – Bad ma ra khahad bord AKA The Wind Will Carry Us [Potemkine 4K] (1999)

    1991-2000Abbas KiarostamiArthouseDramaIran

    A group of men from the city of Tehran traverse the rural Iranian countryside on a jeep, guided by a set of descriptive, yet unavoidably imprecise directions, seemingly lost. The driver (Behzad Dourani), respectfully called “Engineer” by the villagers, eventually encounters his appointed contact along the side of the road: a gentle, courteous boy named Farzad (Farzed Sohrabi), whom the Engineer proceeds to instruct with disseminating false information about their search for treasure in order to conceal the true and undisclosed nature of their visit to the Kurdish province. On an introductory tour through town, the Engineer shows interest in the declining health of Farzad’s grandmother, Malek, an invalid centenarian whose family has been keeping a vigil at the house as she approaches death.Read More »

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