A Piece of Bread (Yek Teke Nan) by Kamal Tabrizi. Iran, 2005, 100 min, 35 mm New York première

Like The Lizard, Tabrizi’s previous film, A Piece of Bread is a “curious take on Islam from the inside.” It plays out like a mystical fable, religious in spirit but non-sectarian, and it captures the state of grace behind everyday life. In the mountains dotted with villages, a miracle has occurred. An illiterate old woman has entered a shrine, where she is suddenly able to read the Koran in Arabic. Contact with her is rumored to work miracles. Now everybody who lives in the area is headed for her house, including an army officer sent to check out the fuss. With him are a raw, doltish recruit and a well-known elderly mullah. Their assignment: to debunk the miracle-worker and send everyone home. In Persian with English subtitles. (Description adapted from Variety).

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Cast & Crew:

Cast: Esmaeel Khalaj, Ahmad Aghaloo, Hooman Seyedi, Payam Dehkordi, Reza Kianian, Roya Nonahali
Writer: Mohammad-Reza Gohari
Producer: Naser Onsori, IRIB Channel 2
Cinematographer: Hossein Jafarian
Editor: Hossein Zandbaf
Music: Peyman Yazdanian
Sound: Yadollah Najafi, Naser Shokuhinia

Filmmaker Bio:

Born in 1959 in Tehran, Iran, Kamal Tabrizi graduated with a degree in Cinema and Television. He began his artistic career at the student's society of Poly-Technique College and then joined the Cultural Section of IRIB, where he made numerous short and feature-length documentaries as well as TV feature films, including: The Passage (1988), The Maternal Affection (1998) and The Lizard (2003).

Festivals / Awards:

  • Fajr International Film Festival: Special Jury Prize, Best Direction, 2005
  • Ankara Film Festival, 2005
  • Mill Valley Film Festival, 2005

Print Source:

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