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Whisper with the Wind
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Wikipedia article
'Whisper With the Wind' , is a 2009 Iranian drama film directed by Shahram Alidi in his first film.
Plot
In the years of military asphyxia in dictatorial regime of Saddam, in a very bad situation that everything was under the regime's control, people find any available way to keep in touch together. An old man is the post-man in a wide area of Kurdistan Iraq. His job is to deliver people's messages but not written one, but oral messages. He is an oral post-man and records and sells the messages of the folk and gets income in this way.
Cast
* Omar Chawshin: Mam Baldar
* Maryam Boubani: Mam Boldar's wife
* Fakhr Mohammad Barzani: Kak Shamal
* Valid Marouf Jarou: Radio announcer
* Mohara, Hossein Ghadr: Radio serviceman
* Bistoun Ali Ghadr: Deserting soldier
Crew
* Director: Shahram Alidi
* Screenplay: Shahram Alidi
* Editing: Hayedeh Safiyari
* Sound recorder: Asghar Abgoun
* Sound mixer:Mohammad-Reza Delpak
* Set designer: Shahram Alidi
* Make-up: Sudabeh Khosravi
* Producer: Kurdistan regional government, Ministry of Culture
* Co producer: Ro Oguz
* Producer: Taw Film, Shahram Alidi
* French Partner: Dream Lab Films, Nasrine Medard de Chardon
Awards
* Cannes International Film Festival- France- Critic Weeks Section- 2009- Competitor for Golden Camera- Three Prizes:
** The Best Feature Film's ACID support
** Prize of View of Youth
** Prize of Young European Critics
* Mumbai International Film Festival- Prize of Mumbai Young Critics Award- India- 2009
* Amazon Film Festival- Special Jury Award- Brazil- 2009
* Pessac International Historic Film Festival- Prize of Academic Jury- France- 2009
* Student Academy Awards of Bratislava- Bratislava Film festival- Slovak- 2009
References
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