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The Fish Fall in Love - Mahiha ashegh mishavand (2005) Directed by: Ali Rafiee Date of birth: 1939, Isfahan, Iran Writing credits: Ali Rafiee Music: Ali Samadpoor Country: Iran Language: Farsi Color: Color Runtime: 96 min Released: 2005 Genre: Drama |
Synopsis
The Fish Fall in Love by {Ali Rafi'i} is a simple and gentle film that adapts the same language of food, this time from northern Iranian cuisine, to speak of life. This is a film that will leave its taste in the pallet long after the curtains have dropped.
The sound of the Caspian, the beautiful images that accompany it (true, they are somewhat touristy), will imprint themselves on the memory, even with the realization that the characters peopling this movie are unlike any you may see or come across. And why not? We shouldn't expect every movie to be deep and philosophical, solving humanity's problems in an hour and a half, should we?
The Fish Fall in Love is the veteran theater director's first film and it is an unexpectedly good one, void of the director's usual theatrics. Perhaps the director has now come to terms with his audience on the silver screen, which has a more general viewership.
Rafi'i's last play, It Doesn't Snow in Egypt, didn't do well with Tehrani theater-goers. In an interview with Hamshahri newspaper, he unjustifiably called those who went to the City Theater "Potato-chips and cheese-puff audiences," who had no stomach to grasp his work. This is when he had earlier eulogized Vahdat Hall audiences cultured and erudite.
Perhaps it is more the case that Vahdat Hall has attendees that seldom care if they are seeing a {Pari Saberi} play, the choreography of {Farid Masuleh}, or the music of {Loris Tchekovaria}, while the more serious audiences went to the City Theater to see a play. 
It could be that this smooth and sweet movie, with its beautiful scenes, indicates that Rafi'i is done insulting his audiences. ( By Jinoos Taghizadeh, Hamed Safaee, Sima Saeedi, Mohammadreza Fakhrabadi info@tehranavenue.com ) 
Cast: Reza Kianian, Roya Nonahali, Golshifteh Farahani, Maryam Saadat, Farokh Nemati, Siamak Safari, Mehdi Pakdel, Alireza Oliaee, Sina Razani
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