Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
Series |
Films from Iran |
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Films from Iran.
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Contents |
The happy child -- The birth of an old woman -- The pedlar |
Summary |
Three short tales set among the poor of contemporary Tehran describing a kindly but naive couple who want someone to adopt their baby, a mentally unstable man who lives with his invalid mother, and the last hours of a peddler suspected of betraying his friends |
Notes |
Title on cover and disc label: The Peddler |
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3 short films in Farsi with English subtitles |
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First story adapted from the story The newborn by Alberto Moravia |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1986 |
Credits |
Director/writer, Mohsen Makhmalbaf ; cinematographers, Homayoon Pievar, Mehrdad Fakhimi, Ali Reza Zarrindast ; music, Majid Entezami |
Cast |
Zohreh Sarmadi, Esmail Sarmadian, Behzad Behzadpoor, Farid Kashan Fallah, Morteza Zarrabi |
Notes |
DVD |
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Farsi dialogue, English subtitles |
Subject |
Feature films -- Iran.
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Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Author |
Makhmalbāf, Muḥsin.
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Sarmadī, Zahrah.
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Pievar, Homayoon
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Fakhimi, Mehrdad
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Zarrindast, Ali Reza
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Entemazi, Majid
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Farabi Film Foundation
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