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Taste of Cherry
(1997)
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
January 24 - Friday - 6:30 p.m.
Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1997
Cannes Film Festival, Iranian auteur Abbas
Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry is an emo-
tionally complex meditation on life and
death. Middle-aged Mr. Badii (Homayoun
Ershadi) drives through the hilly outskirts
of Tehran, searching for someone to either
rescue or bury him. In Farsi language with
English subtitles. (35mm. 99 min. Not
Rated.)
Ten
(2002)
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
January 24 - Friday - 9:30 p.m.
Abbas Kiarostami once again casts his masterful cinematic gaze
upon the modern sociopolitical landscape of his homeland--
this time as seen through the eyes of one woman as she drives
through the streets of Tehran over a period of several days. Her
journey is comprised of 10 conversations with various female
passengers--including her sister, a hitchhiking prostitute and a
jilted bride--as well as her imperious young son. As Kiarostami
eavesdrops on these lively, yet heart-wrenching road trips, a
complex portrait of contemporary Iran comes sharply into focus.
In Farsi language with English subtitles. (35mm. 94 min. Not
Rated.)
Meeting Leila
(2013)
Directed by Adel Yaraghi
January 25 - Saturday - 3:00 p.m.
The only nuptial condition an inveterate chain smoker receives
from his perfume-testing fiancée is to quit smoking. This poses a
problem for the advertising agency ideas man for whom smoking
is all part of the creative process. Co-written by Abbas Kiarostami,
the story was inspired one cold, winter night, just after the director
had quit smoking. His doctor had told him not to smoke--but didn't
say that he couldn't talk about smoking. That night, the story was
born. When we are alone we do as we please; when we are together
we have to please; can we be together doing what we please? In
Farsi language with English subtitles. (2K DCP. 88 min. Not Rated.)
Director Adel Yaraghi is scheduled to be present.