Shirin

Film Description

Feature film cum art installation in which Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami trains his camera on the faces of a cinema audience comprising 114 actresses - 113 Iranian theatre and cinema actresses and one French film star, Juliette Binoche - as they watch one of Kiarostami's own films, a theatrical rendering of the 12th-century Persian poem 'Khosrow and Shirin'. As the narrative unfolds on the screen that the women are watching (but which remains invisible to the viewer throughout), it prompts various reactions in its audience: rapt attention, smiles, sidelong glances, headscarf-fiddling and, at several points, tears.

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• Contemporary Film / Drama
• Middle Eastern Film
• Iranian Film

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DVD Extras

• Taste of Shirin (2008) - Hamideh Razavi’s documentary on the making of Shirin
• Illustrated booklet containing essays and credits.

Film Details

Director	Abbas Kiarostami
Year	2008
Countries & Regions	Iranian Film, Middle Eastern Film

Cast

Juliette Binoche

Technical Details

Certificate	PG
Length	90 mins
Publisher	BFI
Format	DVD Colour
Region	2
Aspect	1.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
Cat No	BFIVD848
Main Language	Farsi with English subtitles

Crew Details

Producer	Abbas Kiarostami
Producer	Hamideh Razavi
Subject	Juliette Binoche
Subject	Golshifteh Farahani
Subject	Mahnaz Afshar
Subject	Taraneh Alidoosti
Subject	Niki Karimi

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