"It's Winter" begins as a man leaves his wife and daughter in Tehran to search for work abroad. Months pass and the family hear no word from him. Meanwhile a stranger arrives in town in search of work, whose eye is taken by the beautiful young woman whom he hears no longer has a husband... A beautifully composed and poetic .. Read more
| Starring | Mitra Hajjar, Ali Nicksaulat, Said Orkani, Hashem Abdi |
|---|---|
| Director | Rafi Pitts |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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"It's Winter" begins as a man leaves his wife and daughter in Tehran to search for work abroad. Months pass and the family hear no word from him. Meanwhile a stranger arrives in town in search of work, whose eye is taken by the beautiful young woman whom he hears no longer has a husband... A beautifully composed and poetic study of masculinity and ordinary lives, Rafi Pitt's acclaimed film illuminates the plight of a generation torn between a desire to leave their country yet who are bound by blood to home.
| Starring | Mitra Hajjar, Ali Nicksaulat, Said Orkani, Hashem Abdi, Zahra Jafari |
|---|---|
| Director | Rafi Pitts |
| Studio | ARTIFICIAL EYE |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 26 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Farsi |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 23 Apr 2007 Production year: 2006 |
It's amazing how Iran manages to provide us with a stream of quality films...A Quiet but beautifully orchestrated piece of cinema
Kicking off with memorably beautiful music and images, this third fiction feature from Rafi Pitts a London-educated... read more on Time Out
I was initially nonplussed by these brooding scenes and spartan scenery. I left the cinema feeling barely satisfied.
But a couple of months later I ...
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'It's Winter' is not a cheerful film but it is a perfect one. It may be that my past experience living abroad made it more powerful for me (though ... more