Gilaneh
Color, 35mm, 84 min, 2005, Iran
Synopsis
The New Year's Eve and the Iran-Iraq war, Tehran is being repeatedly attacked with missiles. Gilaneh, a lonely middle-aged villager has to send her son to the war. She must also accompany her daughter to Tehran in search of her son-in-law, who has illegally left the service…
15 years later: again the New Year's Eve, and Gilaneh – fatigued with life – is taking care of her chemically-wounded son and is also far away from her daughter. Incapable of looking after her son, Gilaneh is waiting for a woman from the South who has lost her husband in the war and made a promise to get married to Gilaneh's son…
This film depicts people whose love and destiny have been violated and changed by war.
Cast & Crew
- Directors :Rakhshan Banietemad, Mohsen Abdolvahab
- Screenwriters :Rakhshan Banietemad, Farid Mostafavi, Mohsen Abdolvahab
- Director of Photography :Morteza Poursamadi
- Editor :Davood Yousefian
- Music :Mohammad-Reza Aligholi
- Production Designer :Jila Mehrjui
- Sound Recorder :Yadollah Najafi
- Sound Mix :Mohammad-Reza Delpak, Amir-Hossein Ghasemi
- Assistant Director :Nava Rohani
- Production Manager :Seyyed Abolghasem Hosseini
- Executive Producer :Jahangir Kosari
- Producer :Saeid Saadi
- Cast :Fatemeh Motamed Arya, Bahram Radan, Baran Kosari, Jaleh Sameti, Shahrokh Forootanian, Majid Bahrami
