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  • Iranian New Wave Cinema – Fat Shaker

    The Fat Shaker, a movie written, produced and directed by Mohammad Shirvani, literally does what its title suggests: it shakes. Shirani’s intentional use of a digital handheld, and very shaky, camera, takes us on a roller coaster of highs and lows surrounding a morbidly obese father, Levon Haftvan, and his deaf, mute, son’s relationship. When…

  • Parviz a Film About Iranian's Doomed Future to Come

    A darkly comic depiction of family and community dysfunction, and directed by Majid Barzegar, Parviz, portrays the world of a fifty year old man, played by Levon Haftvan, whose world suddenly changes. All of this change comes when his father, 15 years a widower, abruptly announces his impending marriage – meaning that the reluctant Parviz…