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THE WASTELAND (DASHTE KHAMOUSH)
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Completed - PERSIAN - Second film, Drama, Social issues - 102 minutes

Log Line

An old brick manufacture factory is going to shut down and all matters to the factory supervisor is to keep his lover unharmed.

Media

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2020 (Debut)
Full history

Year of production : 2020

Director(s) : Ahmad BAHRAMI
Writer(s) : Ahmad BAHRAMI
Cast : Ali BAGHERI, Farrokh NEMATI, Mahdieh NASSAJ

Producer(s) : Saeed BASHIRI

Synopsis

A remote brick manufacture factory produces bricks in an ancient way. Many families with different ethnicities work in the factory and the boss seems to hold the key to solving their problems. Forty-year-old Lotfollah, who has been born on-site, is the factory supervisor and acts as go-between for the workers and the boss.

Boss has Lotfollah gathered all the workers in front of his office. He wants to talk to them about the shutdown of the factory. All matters now to Lotfollah is to keep Sarvar unharmed, the woman he has been in love with for a long time.

Production

Country(ies) : IRAN

FRANCE Sep 06, 2023 BODEGA FILMS

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Festivals and Awards

La Biennale di Venezia - Venice FF 2020 - Orizzonti (ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST FILM)
Valladolid 2020 (Official Competition)
Tokyo 2020 (World Focus)
Stockholm IFF 2020 (Int’l Critics Competition)
Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2020 (Current Waves)
Subversive 2020 (Competition Section- Winner of Wild Dreamer Award for Best Feature Film)
Kerala 2020 (World Cinema)
Fajr International Film Festival 2021 Festival Screening
Hong Kong 2021 (Competition Section, winner of FIREBIRD Award for the Best Film – Winner of Best Actor Award)
MOOOV 2021 (Int’l Competition)
Shanghai 2021 (Panorama)


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