Rainy Seasons (Persian: فصل بارانهای موسمی, romanized: Fasl-e Bārān-hā-ye Mowsemi) is a 2010 Iranian film, directed by Majid Barzegar. Barzegar's directorial debut, it tells the story of sixteen-year-old Sina (Navid Layeghi Moghadam), who is left with an apartment to himself as his parents divorce. He finds himself in a difficult situation, hounded by neighborhood tough Masoud (Alireza Bagheri) to whom he owes money, as he allows Nahid (Marzieh Khoshtarash) to stay with him temporarily.[1] The movie was originally conceived as a short film before being developed into a full-length feature.[2]
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| Persian | فصل بارانهای موسمی |
| Directed by | Majid Barzegar |
| Written by | Majid Barzegar, Hamed Rajabi |
| Produced by | Manoochehr Shahsavari |
| Starring | Navid Layeghi Moghadam, Marzieh Khoshtarash, Elnaz Habibi |
| Cinematography | Amin Jafari |
| Distributed by | Honar va Tajrobe |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Iran |
| Language | Persian |
Cast
edit- Navid Layeghi Moghadam as Sina
- Marzieh Khoshtarash as Nahid
- Alireza Bagheri as Masoud
- Mehran Khodaei as Ali
- Elnaz Habibi as Ali's sister
Reception
editWriting for SBS Movies, Don Groves panned the film, noting "deficiencies in the screenplay" such as the "insipid, sullen protagonist plus a meandering, listless narrative and a disappointing lack of tension or engagement with the characters."[3] The film nevertheless won the Best Director award at the 2010 Dushanbe Film Festival.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Rainy Seasons (2010)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
- ^ "Rainy Seasons". IFFR. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
- ^ "Rainy Seasons Review". SBS Movies. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ^ "Rainy Seasons". Persian Film Festival Australia. Retrieved 2019-08-06.