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Summary:

"Ostensibly an adaptation of a 12th century Persian poem about a young princess courted by two men, a nobleman and an artist, Kiarostami never shows us the film in question. Instead, we are invited to reconstruct the narrative from dialogue and sound, as well as the emotions that flash across the faces of a rapt, mostly female audience."--Container.

Contributors:

Kiarostami, Abbas

Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203

Cinema Guild

Languages:

Persian
English

Language Notes:

Farsi dialogue; optional English subtitles.

Included Works:

Taste of Shirin

Roads of Kiarostami

Rug

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Story of Khosrow and Shirin [by Niẓāmī Ganjavī]

Subjects:

Persian language films

Farsi language films

Princesses — Drama

Man-woman relationships — Drama

Princesses

Man-woman relationships

Genres:

Foreign language films

Feature films

Fiction films

Experimental films

Motion pictures, Iranian

Drama

System Details:

DVD; 16/9 anamorphic widescreen; Dolby digital 2.0; HD.

Production Credits:

Cinematography, Mahmoud Kalari and Houman Behmanesh.

General Notes:

Based on "The story of Khosrow and Shirin" by Hakim Nezami Ganjavi.
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Bonus features: Taste of Shirin: a documentary on the making of Shirin by Hamideh Razavi; Roads of Kiarostami: a short film by Abbas Kiarostami; Rug: a short film by Abbas Kiarostami; essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum.

Audience:

Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

SHI 2008 DVD

ISBNs:

078151343X
9780781513432

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 881164000262
Publisher Number, Cinema Guild: CG 000115

OCLC Numbers:

1053099410
657134645 [Invalid]