Programme curated for Filmoteca de Catalunya (December 2021). — EK
[Short introduction in Catalan]
La revolució del 1979 va canviar el destí i el rostre de l’Iran. Com la majoria de les revolucions, també va suprimir el passat i les seves imatges, i amb això un dels cinemes més innovadors d’aquella època. Aquest programa mostra algunes de les pel·lícules clau de la revolució cinematogràfica més progressista, interrompuda per una altra de social per la qual el país va acabar sent conegut.
Aquesta retrospectiva de cinema iranià anterior al 1979 fa reviure pel·lícules prohibides, perdudes o simplement oblidades. Obres mestres de la Nova Onada Iraniana que s’estrenen ara, acabades de restaurar, al nostre país.
December 15, 19:30, Sala Laya
Filmfarsi (2019)
December 16, 16:30, Sala Laya
The Night It Rained (1967)
First Case, Second Case (1979)
December 17, 19:30, Sala Laya
Brick and Mirror (1964)
December 22, 19:30, Sala Laya
The Crown Jewels of Iran (1965)
Chess of the Wind (1976)
A mesmerising riff on House-of-Usher-like themes, Chess of the Wind delves into a maze of power games, corruption and decay unleashed in an old house. Mohammad Reza Aslani's debut feature foretells a revolution to come, and masterly paints a picture of the inner, hidden struggles of Iranian society. This recently rediscovered gem was deemed lost after its only screening at 1976 Tehran International Film Festival (where it was largely misunderstood), until in 2020 it was restored by the World Cinema Foundation, becoming one of the most widely acclaimed Iranian pre-revolutionary films.
December 28, 19:30, Sala Laya
The Deer (1974)
December 29, 16:30, Sala Laya
Downpour (1971)
A young teacher is sent to a school in the impoverished south-end of Tehran where he falls in love with his student's elder sister, and directs all his energy into helping the students put on a stage show. Moving, witty and brilliantly directed in a dazzling and unusual combination of neorealism and political symbolism, Bahram Beyzaie's first feature was realised with a shoe-string budget. After the revolution, when many of Beyzaie’s work was banned, the film became inaccessible for decades until being restored by Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Foundation.
December 30, 19:30, Sala Laya
Ritm (1964) [short]
The Cow (1969)
December 31, 16:30, Sala Laya
The House Is Black (1962)
A Simple Event (1973)
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| At Filmoteca, on December 16, 2021 |
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