Movies from the Middle East - Ganj-e Qarun

April 15, 2022 | 1:00PM

Friday April 15, 1:00 pm (Harper 145) - Ganj-e Qarun (Qarun's Treasure) 

is an example of pre-revolution film Farsi, a form of popular cinema that embodied the aspirations and illusions of a modernizing society. It is in Persian with no English subtitles, but its visual power makes it understandable even without knowing the language, so come and join us travel in time to the pre-revolution Iran.

Synopsis: Ali Bigham is a happy-go-lucky young man who accidentally saves a rich old man's life named Qarun who is attempting suicide. Qarun is very wealthy but also sad and alone. He is ill and has no one to live with. Ali takes Qarun to his home and realizes that he is his own father who left him and his mother years ago. At first Ali rejects his father, but then Qarun gains his son's attention. Throughout the film Hasan accompanies Ali as a comedian. (Comedy, 1965, Syamak Yasami,122 minutes, Iran)

 

To read more see https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/11/iran-filmfarsi-remains-biggest-secret-in-cinema-history

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434044/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk