Tales of an Island (2000)
A production of the Kish Tourism Organization, which also screened the omnibus feature Tales of Kish at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, Tales of an Island contains two short films set on Iran's offshore, duty-free island. The first, Dariush Mehrjui's "Dear Cousin Is Lost," blends farce and romance to tell the story of an actor who has repeated visions of his drowned cousin flying through the sky as a film crew shoots around him. The second story, Mohsen Makhmalbaf's "Testing Democracy," is a politically charged indictment of censorship that begins on the set of Makhmalbaf's short film "The Door" and ends in a campaign room. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
- Starring:
- Khosro Shakibai, Ali Mosaffa, (more)
- Director(s):
- Dariush Mehrjui, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, (more)
Synopsis of Tales of an Island
A production of the Kish Tourism Organization, which also screened the omnibus feature Tales of Kish at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, Tales of an Island contains two short films set on Iran's offshore, duty-free island. The first, Dariush Mehrjui's "Dear Cousin Is Lost," blends farce and romance to tell the story of an actor who has repeated visions of his drowned cousin flying through the sky as a film crew shoots around him. The second story, Mohsen Makhmalbaf's "Testing Democracy," is a politically charged indictment of censorship that begins on the set of Makhmalbaf's short film "The Door" and ends in a campaign room. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
Complete Cast of Tales of an Island
- Khosro Shakibai - [Dear Cousin Is Lost]
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf - [Testing Democracy]
- Ali Mosaffa - [Dear Cousin Is Lost]
- Director(s):
- Dariush Mehrjui, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Writer(s):
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Dariush Mehrjui
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