The Apple Day / Rooz-e sib
Ιράν / Iran, 80′, 2022
age recommendation: 9+
A first-grade primary school teacher in a poor suburb of Tehran assigns a letter to each student and asks them to bring items starting with an assigned letter, related to their fathers’ jobs. Mehdi's father is a fruit seller and he must bring 30 apples ("seeb" in Farsi) to class on the "S" Day. However, an unfortunate event immerses the family in a crisis. Saeed, Mehdi's older brother, should find a way to overcome this challenge and help Mehdi for "the apple day".
Mahmoud Ghaffari
He is an Iranian director of fiction and documentary films. He has collaborated with various filmmakers such as Bahman Ghobadi and Asghar Farhadi. His feature debut as a director, It's a Dream (2012), was awarded at the Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF). He won again at FIFF with his short Hair (2016).
Cast & Crew
- direction: Mahmoud Ghaffari
- screenplay: Mahmoud Ghaffari, Mahnaz Jarchi
- cinematography: Ali Ehsani
- editing: Mahmoud Ghaffari
- music: Ali Mansour
- sound: Hamed Hosseinzadeh, Alireza Alavian
- cast: Aria Mohammadzadeh, Arian Rastkar, Zhila Shahi, Khodadad Bakhshizadeh, Mahdi Pourmoosa
- producer: Elaheh Nobakht
- production company: ELI Image
- original language: Φαρσί, Αζερμπαϊτζανικά / Farsi, Azerbaijani
Filmography
- Doggy love (2022)
- No. 17 Soheila (2017)
- Hair (2016)
- It’s a Dream (2012)
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