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Rhino Season
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Wikipedia article
'Rhino Season' (; 'Fasle Kargadan') is a 2012 Turkish-Iranian docufiction film directed by Bahman Ghobadi and presented by Martin Scorsese. Starring Behrouz Vossoughi, Monica Bellucci, Ylmaz Erdoan, Caner Cindoruk, and Arash Labaf. The movie includes poems read and written by Bayan Nassir.
The film is based on Iranian Kurdish poet and author Sedigh Kamangar, who spent 27 years imprisoned in Iran while his family was told that he was dead. For many years Sadegh's family cried over a fake grave staged by the Iranian government.[https://www.amnestyusa.org/rhino-season-and-irans-historical-trauma/ Rhino Season and Iran's Historical Trauma]
Plot
Cast
* Behrouz Vossoughi as Sahel
* Monica Bellucci as Mina
* Yilmaz Erdogan as Akbar Rezai
* Arash Labaf as Son
* Beren Saat as Daughter
* Caner Cindoruk as Young Sahel
* Belim Bilgin as Female Pimp
Production
Reception
On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."
John DeFoe of 'The Hollywood Reporter' wrote, "Haunting feature that crafts fiction from the inspiration of real-life Kurdish-Iranian poet Sadegh Kamangar. Co-star Monica Bellucci may attract much of the attention Stateside, but the film's ravishing aesthetic and multiple points of political interest will make it fascinating to many cineastes".
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