Homage
Brick and Mirror / Khesht va Ayeneh
Iran
Directors: Ebrahim Golestan
Director's bio
Ebrahim Taghavi Shirazi, known as Ebrahim Golestan, was an Iranian filmmaker and literary figure. He had a close association with Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad, inspiring each other in their artistic visions. Golestan lived in Sussex, United Kingdom, from 1975 until his passing.
Ebrahim Taghavi Shirazi, known as Ebrahim Golestan, was an Iranian filmmaker and literary figure. He had a close association with Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad, inspiring each other in their artistic visions. Golestan lived in Sussex, United Kingdom, from 1975 until his passing.
Synopsis
With this landmark debut feature, director Ebrahim Golestan delivered a jolt of modernism to pre-revolution Iranian cinema, laying the groundwork for the country’s first, still often overlooked new wave. When a mysterious woman (feminist literary icon Forugh Farrokhzad) abandons a baby in the backseat of his cab one night, Tehran taxi driver Hashem (Zakaria Hashemi) is launched on a journey through the city’s unfeeling bureaucracy as he attempts to find a home for the infant—a situation that soon puts him in conflict with his nurturing girlfriend Taji (Taji Ahmadi). Melding the influences of Persian poetry, 1960s European art cinema, and Wellesian expressionism, Brick and Mirror offers a portrait of a crumbling relationship that also functions as a devastating dissection of a society poisoned by fear, distrust, and patriarchal arrogance.Details of Cast
Zakaria Hashemi, Akbar Meshkin, Pari Saberi, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, Manouchehr Farid, Parviz Fannizadeh, Jalal Moghadam, Tajolmolouk Ahmadi, Mehri MehrniaDetails of Crew
Cinematography: Soleiman MinasianProducer Details
Ebrahim GolestanWriter Details
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