Colors
La Victoire en chantant
Iran • 1976
Directors
Synopsis
Ostensibly a film for children, this picture-book essay about the range of hues that brighten our world has the air of a delightfully playful formalistic exercise. As a narrator runs though the colors one by one, Abbas Kiarostami shows us where each appears in nature and human life (which occasions some great views of prerevolutionary consumer culture in Iran). Of course, a little boy is featured—in one memorable sequence, he fantasizes about being a race-car driver.
Synopsis
Ostensibly a film for children, this picture-book essay about the range of hues that brighten our world has the air of a delightfully playful formalistic exercise. As a narrator runs though the colors one by one, Abbas Kiarostami shows us where each appears in nature and human life (which occasions some great views of prerevolutionary consumer culture in Iran). Of course, a little boy is featured—in one memorable sequence, he fantasizes about being a race-car driver.
Credits
Crew
DirectorAbbas Kiarostami, Jean-Jacques Annaud
CinematographerClaude Agostini
ComposerPierre Bachelet
EditorFrançoise Bonnot, Michèle Boëhm
ProducerJacques Perrin, Giorgio Silvagni, Arthur Cohn
Cast
Jean Carmetas Sergeant Bosselet