Whisper with the Wind

Whisper With the Wind is a 2009 Kurdish drama film written and directed by Shahram Alidi in his first film.

Whisper With the Wind
Directed by	Shahram Alidi
Screenplay by	Shahram Alidi
Produced by	Shahram Alidi
Starring	Omar Chawshin Maryam Boubani Fakhr Mohammad Barzani Valid Marouf Jarou Mohara, Hossein Ghadr Bistoun Ali Ghadr
Edited by	Hayedeh Safiyari
Release date	2009 (2009)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	Iran Rojhalat
Language	Kurdish

Plot

In the years of military asphyxia in dictatorial regime of Saddam, in a very bad situation that everything was under the regime's control, people find any available way to keep in touch together. An old man is the post-man in a wide area of Kurdistan Iraq. His job is to deliver people's messages but not written one, but oral messages. He is an oral post-man and records and sells the messages of the folk and gets income in this way.

Cast

• Omar Chawshin: Mam Baldar
• Maryam Boubani: Mam Boldar's wife
• Fakhr Mohammad Barzani: Kak Shamal
• Valid Marouf Jarou: Radio announcer
• Mohara, Hossein Ghadr: Radio serviceman
• Bistoun Ali Ghadr: Deserting soldier

Crew

• Director: Shahram Alidi
• Screenplay: Shahram Alidi
• Editing: Hayedeh Safiyari
• Sound recorder: Asghar Abgoun
• Sound mixer:Mohammad-Reza Delpak
• Set designer: Shahram Alidi
• Make-up: Sudabeh Khosravi
• Producer: Kurdistan regional government, Ministry of Culture
• Co producer: Ro Oguz
• Producer: Taw Film, Shahram Alidi
• French Partner: Dream Lab Films, Nasrine Medard de Chardon

Awards

• Cannes International Film Festival- France- Critic Weeks Section- 2009- Competitor for Golden Camera- Three Prizes:
  • The Best Feature Film's ACID support
  • Prize of View of Youth
  • Prize of Young European Critics
• Mumbai International Film Festival- Prize of Mumbai Young Critics Award- India- 2009
• Amazon Film Festival- Special Jury Award- Brazil- 2009
• Pessac International Historic Film Festival- Prize of Academic Jury- France- 2009
• Student Academy Awards of Bratislava- Bratislava Film festival- Slovak- 2009

External links

• Whisper with the Wind at IMDb
• Whisper With The Wind Rottentomatoes
• Whisper With The Wind Cinenews
• Whisper With The Wind France24
• Whisper With The Wind Urbandistrib