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It's Winter Reviews

2006

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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 .. Read more

Starring	Mitra Hajjar, Ali Nicksaulat, Said Orkani, Hashem Abdi
Director	Rafi Pitts
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- It's amazing how Iran manages to provide us with a stream of quality films...A Quiet but beautifully orchestrated piece of cinema
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- - Derek Malcolm, Evening Standard
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:26
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  A rambling review on a moving film.
  
  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 ... read more »
  
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  - london
  - 12 Feb 2007 at 22:16
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  Engaging neo-realism from Iran
  
  I found this to be an engaging and thought-provoking film, with plenty of deliberate ambiguity which helps to keep it lingering in the mind some time after ... read more »
  
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- - Cheggers81
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  - Chichester
  - 18 Jul 2011 at 14:10
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  slice of life in Iran
  
  A chance to see the way the average case of men leaving to find work but in a muslim society. The summary implies it is more from the womens point of view but ... read more »
  
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- - itstinks
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  - North of Reading
  - 07 Feb 2010 at 10:35
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  haunting
  
  A slow-paced drama from Iran - it looks good and satisfies. Recommended for anyone who likes Iranian cinema, or the work of Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan... read more »
  
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  - Charlton
  - 01 Feb 2009 at 11:00
- - 3
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  stark and beautiful
  
  This film does what so many Iranian films do so beautifully: not a lot. It moves in slow circles, a few simple things happen, and somehow these peope, these ... read more »
  
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  - Isle of Lewis
  - 11 Aug 2008 at 22:02
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  Winter indeed. Both literally and emotionally. An unemployed man leaves wife, mother and daughter to seek work abroad. Nothing more is heard from him and his ... read more »
  
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  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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  Bleak
  
  One of the most depressing films I have seen in a very long time. If this had been a documentary it would have still been depressing, but some how brilliant. It... read more »
  
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- - sulo
  - 2 reviews
  - London
  - 16 Jun 2008 at 13:04
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  Sadness personified
  
  ...but a beautifully shot and scripted film. Watch this, smile, cry and empathise.
  
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  - Tottenham
  - 15 Jan 2008 at 13:52
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  Winter
  
  Not a lover of non english films !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- - Brian Waters
  - London
  - 22 Dec 2007 at 17:23
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  Its Winter
  
  It is as described but even then i didn't expect it to be so slow. Not for anyone who likes a little action. well acted but quite downbeat
  
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- - johnnieh
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  - Worcester
  - 30 Nov 2007 at 20:05
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  sure is....
  
  ...winter that is. Difficult to think of a more gloomy plot. I guess some people's lives are this sad but I'm not sure of the point of the film, unless ... read more »
  
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  - 09 Nov 2007 at 16:22
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- - 40
  - 1
  A rambling review on a moving film.
  
  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 ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 411399
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - lewisjenkins01@warmmail.com
  - london
  - 12 Feb 2007 at 22:16
- - 10
  - 8
  Winter
  
  Not a lover of non english films !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  Report this review
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- - Brian Waters
  - London
  - 22 Dec 2007 at 17:23
- - 5
  - 1
  Flim Perfection
  
  '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 ... read more »
  
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- - PeterSays
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  - Romsey
  - 16 Jul 2007 at 09:33
- - 4
  - 1
  Universal...
  
  ...the quest for work, that is, and this is acknowledged in the film by showing one man leaving town, another man arriving. The stranger (Camus, anyone?) in a ... read more »
  
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- - bikerider
  - 18 reviews
  - Wellingborough
  - 14 Jun 2007 at 18:56
- - 3
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  stark and beautiful
  
  This film does what so many Iranian films do so beautifully: not a lot. It moves in slow circles, a few simple things happen, and somehow these peope, these ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 612124
- - a customer
  - Isle of Lewis
  - 11 Aug 2008 at 22:02
- - 2
  - 0
  haunting
  
  A slow-paced drama from Iran - it looks good and satisfies. Recommended for anyone who likes Iranian cinema, or the work of Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 699459
- - a customer
  - Charlton
  - 01 Feb 2009 at 11:00
- - 1
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  Sadness personified
  
  ...but a beautifully shot and scripted film. Watch this, smile, cry and empathise.
  
  Report this review
- 513310
- - a customer
  - Tottenham
  - 15 Jan 2008 at 13:52
- - 1
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  Bleak
  
  One of the most depressing films I have seen in a very long time. If this had been a documentary it would have still been depressing, but some how brilliant. It... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 576737
- - sulo
  - 2 reviews
  - London
  - 16 Jun 2008 at 13:04
- - 0
  - 0
  sure is....
  
  ...winter that is. Difficult to think of a more gloomy plot. I guess some people's lives are this sad but I'm not sure of the point of the film, unless ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 492867
- - a customer
  - Ipswich
  - 09 Nov 2007 at 16:22
- - 0
  - 0
  Its Winter
  
  It is as described but even then i didn't expect it to be so slow. Not for anyone who likes a little action. well acted but quite downbeat
  
  Report this review
- 500029
- - johnnieh
  - 64 reviews
  - Worcester
  - 30 Nov 2007 at 20:05

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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 ...