Synopse
During the reign of the Taliban, around three million Afghanis fled to Iran as illegal immigrants. They are still not been integrated there today. When 17-year old Mahi falls in love with the Afghani student Heiran, her family puts up fierce resistance, and she must decide between them and Heiran. Documentarist Shalizeh Arefpour’s feature film debut is simultaneously a love story and a portrait of society; a sensitive account of an unaccepted love that resists all prejudice.
Regie
Shalizeh Arefpour, born in 1970, director, writer. Her films include the short"The Shadow of the Moon" an the documentaries "Under the Skin of Rain" (2004), "The Flower in the Dark" (2004) and "Inside Me" (2004). "Heiran" is her first feature film.
Info
Original Title: Heiraan
International Title: Heiran
Category: Feature
Section: Agenda 09
Version & Subtitles: Persian, Farsi OV
Director: Shalizeh Arefpour
Screenplay: Shalizeh Arefpour, Naghmeh Samini
Cast/Protagonists: Baran Kosari, Mehrdad Sedighian, Khosro Shakibaei, Farhad Aslani
Production country: Iran
Year of Production: 2009
Length: 88 min
Producer: Jahangir Kosari, Rakhshan Banietemad, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
Production company: Cinema 79 Co.
Cinematography: Hossein Jafarian
Editor: Sepideh Abdolvahab
Music: Alireza Kohan Deyri
Production Design: Amir Esbati
World Sales: Sheherazad Media
Distributor: Katayoon Shahabi
