Downpour
رگبار
Iran • 1972
Director
#1050Criterion Collection →Synopsis
Directed by Bahram Beyzaie • 1972 • IranStarring Parviz Fannizadeh, Parvaneh Massoumi, Manuchehr Farid With brash stylistic exuberance, this first feature from Bahram Beyzaie helped usher in the Iranian New Wave. When he takes a job as a schoolteacher in a new neighborhood, the hapless intellectual Mr. Hekmati finds that he is a fish out of water. Shot in luminous monochrome and edited with quicksilver invention, DOWNPOUR, which has been painstakingly restored from the only known surviving print, captures with puckish humor and great tenderness the cultural conflicts coursing through Iran at a pivotal historical moment.
Synopsis
Directed by Bahram Beyzaie • 1972 • IranStarring Parviz Fannizadeh, Parvaneh Massoumi, Manuchehr Farid With brash stylistic exuberance, this first feature from Bahram Beyzaie helped usher in the Iranian New Wave. When he takes a job as a schoolteacher in a new neighborhood, the hapless intellectual Mr. Hekmati finds that he is a fish out of water. Shot in luminous monochrome and edited with quicksilver invention, DOWNPOUR, which has been painstakingly restored from the only known surviving print, captures with puckish humor and great tenderness the cultural conflicts coursing through Iran at a pivotal historical moment.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorBahram Beyzai
WriterBahram Beyzai
CinematographerBarbod Taheri
ComposerSheida Gharachedaghi
EditorMehdi Rajaian
ProducerBarbod Taheri
Cast
Parviz Fanizadehas Mr. Hekmati
Mohammadali Keshavarzas Mr. Nazem
Jamshid Layeghas Mr. Navvab
Parvaneh Massoumias Atefeh