Language: Farsi with English subtitles.Īhmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty (1999), Director: Moslem Mansouri, Running time: 62 minutes.Īhmad Shamlou (DecemJuly 24, 2000) was a Persian poet, writer, and journalist. This portrait of a well-loved and incredibly talented writer, later overlooked as anti-revolutionary, attests to the extreme difficulties often faced by Iranian writers. Mahmoud testifies eloquently to all these concerns in lengthy, and moving, on-camera interviews. His writing reflects his political engagement, his concern for the poor and the working class, and his love for his native region of Khuzestan. This event is (partially) sponsored by the Graduate Student Council,Īnd is open to all MIT graduate students.Ahmad Mahmoud: A Noble Novelist (2004), Director: Bahman Maghsoudlou, Running time: 60 minutes.Īhmad Mahmoud (1931-2002) was a leading Iranian novelist who, over his fifty-year career, published nine short story collections and six novels, including The Native Boy (1972), The Strangers (1972) and The Neighbors (1974). Tries to retrieve her money, buy the fish, and get home before herĬo-winner of the International Critics' Prize at Cannes With the help of her brother, Ali, she desperately With snake charmers, a balloon salesman and a dry-cleaner owner, and To give in and, with the family's last bank note in hand, Razieh Razieh's brother Ali persuades their mother Seven-year-old Razieh pleads with her mother to buy a big goldfish she With the shops about to close for the New Year holiday in Tehran, (best first film) at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. Wonderfully charming film, which won the Camera d'Or Goldfish her family cannot afford sparks an adventure in this Screenplay: Abbas Kiarostami Producer: Kurosh MazkouriĬast: Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kalifi, andįarsi/Persian Dialogue with English Subtitles. MITMSA MOVIE NIGHT THURSDAY, JRoom 2-105 Refreshments Served at 8:30 PM and Movie Begins at 8:45 PM Admission: FREE !!! THE WHITE BALLOON Foreign Film: IRAN Director, Editor, Set Designer: Jafar Panahi MITMSA Movie Night Series: The White Balloon
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