Whisper with the Wind explained
| Whisper With the Wind |
| Director: | Shahram Alidi |
| Producer: | Shahram Alidi |
| Screenplay: | Shahram Alidi |
| Starring: | - Omar Chawshin
- Maryam Boubani
- Fakhr Mohammad Barzani
- Valid Marouf Jarou
- Mohara, Hossein Ghadr
- Bistoun Ali Ghadr
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| Editing: | Hayedeh Safiyari |
| Runtime: | 77 minutes |
| Country: | Iran Rojhalat |
| Language: | Kurdish |
Whisper With the Wind is a 2009 Kurdish drama film written and directed by Shahram Alidi in his first film.[1]
Plot
In the years of military asphyxia in dictatorial regime of Saddam, in a very bad situation that everything was under the regime's control, people find any available way to keep in touch together. An old man is the post-man in a wide area of Kurdistan Iraq. His job is to deliver people's messages but not written one, but oral messages. He is an oral post-man and records and sells the messages of the folk and gets income in this way.
Cast
- Omar Chawshin: Mam Baldar
- Maryam Boubani: Mam Boldar's wife
- Fakhr Mohammad Barzani: Kak Shamal
- Valid Marouf Jarou: Radio announcer
- Mohara, Hossein Ghadr: Radio serviceman
- Bistoun Ali Ghadr: Deserting soldier
Crew
Awards
- Cannes International Film Festival- France- Critic Weeks Section- 2009- Competitor for Golden Camera- Three Prizes:
- The Best Feature Film's ACID support
- Prize of View of Youth
- Prize of Young European Critics
- Mumbai International Film Festival- Prize of Mumbai Young Critics Award- India- 2009
- Amazon Film Festival- Special Jury Award- Brazil- 2009
- Pessac International Historic Film Festival- Prize of Academic Jury- France- 2009
- Student Academy Awards of Bratislava- Bratislava Film festival- Slovak- 2009
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Review: 'Whisper with the Wind'. Jordan. Mintzer. 20 May 2009. Variety.com. 22 May 2017.
