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Mainline
(Khoon Bazi) by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab. Iran, 2006, 80 min, 35mm, NY Premiere
Sara is not the typical Iranian bride-to-be. Before her betrothed arrives from Toronto for their wedding, she must kick her heroin addiction. The race to clean up seems impossible, especially when she throws her wedding gown in the middle of the road in a violent moment of withdrawal. Almost arrested in a raid on drug dealers at a local mall, Sarah is finally taken by her fed-up mother, Sima (Bita Farahi), to a rehab clinic outside of town for professional help. A brilliant performance by Baran Kosari as the rebellious, self-destructive daughter shows us an entirely new face of Iranian youth in this brutally honest film about the psychological struggle of overcoming serious addiction.
Preceded by: Rifat, by Emin Alper. Turkey, 2006, 17 min, DV
Sat, Nov 10, 7:50 P.M.
Tue, Nov 13, 9:30 P.M.
Filmmaker's Biography
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad was born in Tehran in 1954. After studying at the University of Dramatic Arts in Iran, she made several documentaries for Iranian television, and in 1987 directed her first feature film, Off the Limits. In 1991, she became the first woman recipient of the Best Director award at the Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran for Nargess. She won the Bronze Leopard at the 1995 Locarno International Film Festival for The Blue Veiled. In 2000, her Under the Skin of the City was the highest-grossing film in Iran, and went on to garner major awards in Moscow, Turin, Karlovy Vary and Seattle. Mainline is Bani-Etemad’s ninth feature film.
Born in Tehran in 1957, Mohsen Abdolvahab graduated from IRIB University in Tehran with a degree in editing. Abolvahab is an international award-winning filmmaker and editor. His documentary The Wives of Haj Abbas (2001) won the prestigious Silver Wolf award at the Amsterdam Festival. In addition to directing more than 23 short and feature documentaries on a wide range of social and industrial topics, Abdolvahab has over 25 years of experience as a professional documentary and feature-film editor. He has closely collaborated with Rakhshan Bani-Etemad for two decades.
Festivals and Awards
- Brisbane International Film Festival 2007
- Iranian Film Festival, UCLA, 2007
- Fajr International Film Festival, 2007
- Philadelphia Film Festival, 2007
- Sydney Film Festival, 2007
- Toronto International Film Festival, 2006
Credits
Cast: Bita Farahi, Baran Kosari, Bahram Radan, Masoud Rayegany
Writers: Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Farid Mostafavi, Mohsen Abdolvahab, Naghmeh Samini
Producers: Jahangir Kosari, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
Cinematographer: Mahmoud Kalari
Editor: Sepideh Abdolvahab
Sound: Mohammad Reza Delpak
Print Source
Farabi Cinema Foundation
1st Floor, No. 19, Delbar Alley, Toos St., Valiye-Asr Ave.
Tehran 1961744611, Iran
Phone: +98 21 2273 4939, 2274 1253/54
Fax: +98 21 2273 4953
E-mail: fcf1@dpi.net.ir
Website: www.fcf.ir
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