The Rifleman تفنگدار Mehdi Fakhimzadeh (1983) Iranian film poster

The Rifleman (1983) - (Mehdi Fakhimzadeh) Iranian film poster

This is a 27" x 39" Iranian poster designed by Heddat to promote the 1983 film The Rifleman written and directed by Jamshid Heydari and starring Mehdi Fakhimzadeh as Seyyed Morad. Plot summary: Late in the time of the Qajar Dynasty the people in the towns and villages in the northern and southern parts of the country were under pressure to secure provisions for the foreign power. In one of the northern villages someone named Elahyar resisted and was arrested by the Cossacks. Seyyed Morad tried to save Elahyar by organizing an attack on the Cossack wagon that was carrying him to town to be hanged, but Elahyar was shot and fatally wounded by his captors during the attack. Seyyed Morad's remarks about the godlessness of the Cossacks led some groups of villagers to go public with their opposition. The Cossack commanders saw Seyyed Morad as the leader of the rebellion and ordered his arrest but the people fought the Cossacks and won. The circular stamp on the left side of the poster is a hand-applied seal of approval from the Office of Information and Exhibits at the Ministry of Islamic Guidance.

Cast and crew: Jamshid Heydari, Heddat, Mehdi Fakhimzazdeh, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Ahu Kheradmand, Enayat Bakhshi, Davoud Rashidi, Majid Mozaffari, Tooraj Mehrzad, Ezatallah Ramezanifar, Ali Shoa'i, Farhad mohabbat, Hossein Shahab, Amir Khusro, Nemat Haghighi, Manoochehr Afsari

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Leaning on the Wind [تکیه بر باد] (Amin Hayayee) - (2000) Iranian Film Poster

Leaning on the Wind [tekye bar bad] (2000) - (Amin Hayayee) Iranian Film Poster

This is a 26.75" x 38.25" Iranian poster designed to promote the 2000 Dariush Farhang film Leaning on the Wind [tekye bar bad] starring Amin Hayayee based on a story by Fereydoun Farhudi with cinematography by Reza Banki. Plot summary: Sina [Amin Hayayee], a youth from southern Iran, goes to Tehran to look for a good job. He promises his fiance Leila [Leia Zanganeh] that after he succeeds with his job he will return to Khorramshahr, the city where he was born. In Tehran Sina gets a job working in a factory for a wealthy man named Farjami [Davoud Rashidi] and is soon noticed because of his honesty and hard work. Farjami's daughter Marjan [Marila Zare'i], who does not know about Sina's fiance, gradually becomes enamored of him. In his letters to Leila Sina says he is happy with his job but he does not give a date for his return. Leila comes to Tehran unexpectedly and Sina, who has not told anyone in Tehran about his fiance, takes her to an inn. Leila tells him she is three months pregnant with his child and they must marry as soon as possible. Sina thinks he needs more time before marrying her so he takes her to an illegal abortion clinic, but he runs away with her when the police arrive to bust the clinic. Sina has made tentative plans to marry Marjan and goes north with her and her family, but he tells Leila he is going north because of his job. Sina's lie is quickly exposed; Leila follows him north and calls him at the home of his employer during his engagement celebration. Sina leaves the party in distress and takes Leila out on a rowboat, where they get into an argument. Leila suddenly falls into the water. Sina jumps in after her but does not find her. Shortly thereafter Sina is tried for murder and given the death penalty, but Leila's mother and Marjan are sure he is innocent.

There are strong similarities between this story and the one in the 1951 George Stevens film A Place in the Sun (thanks to Freddie Daniel).

Cast and crew: Dariush Farhang, Reza Banki, Dariush Farhudi, Amin Hayayee, Leia Zanganeh, Merila Zare'i, Davoud Rashidi, Zohre Hamidi, Salimeh Rangzan, Kazem Hazhir Azad, Tayyeb Sherafati, Shokat Daneshvar, Lorik Minassian

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Ekbatan [اكباتان] (Shahed Ahmadloo) (2012) Iranian Film Poster

Ekbatan (2012) - (Shahed Ahmadloo) Iranian Film Poster

This social street drama film by Mehrshad Karkhani is freely adapted from the 1971 Jalal Moghadam film Escape from the Trap [farar az teleh]. Alborz [Mazdak Mirabedini] gets out of prison and goes looking for peace in the city, which he never seems to find. The high walls at the Ekbatan Apartment Complex are for him the distance between death and life. Most of the film's events are depicted in that massive complex located in West Tehran

Cast and crew: Mehrshad Karkhani, Davoud Rashidi, Pourandokht Mohiman, Sorush Sehhat, Shahed Ahmadlook Sahar Ghoreishi, Azadeh Zarei, Mani Heydari, Ali Asghar Tabasi, Roya Sharif, Mazdak Mirabedini

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