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Tinar

Documentary Films - Competition 2010 / Tinar / Iran 2009

In his sensitively constructed and visually sophisticated portrait, Iranian director Mahdi Moniri presents ten-year-old cowherd Ghasem who has been deprived of a carefree childhood. Instead he is forced, under difficult conditions, to take care of himself and the herd of cows entrusted to him.

Tinar

Synopsis

A ten-year-old cowherd named Ghasem lives and labors in the foothills of majestic mountains not far from the Iranian city of Babol. His mother is dead, and his father and stepmother sometimes beat him; his older brother preferred to get away. Ghasem works alone most of the year and thus his only companions are the cows which he lovingly tends and sometimes even sings to. In his sensitively constructed and visually sophisticated portrait, Iranian director Mahdi Moniri presents a boy who has been deprived of a carefree childhood. Instead he is forced, under difficult conditions, to take care of himself and the herd of cows entrusted to him. Accompanied by poetic footage and traditional music, young Ghasem acquaints us with the work responsibilities he handles remarkably well and without any trace of pathos. He also tells us his dreams: to learn to read and write, and even more pressing, to escape the life of a lonely cowherd.

About the film

72 min / Color, BETA SP
European premiere

Director Mahdi Moniri / Screenplay Mahdi Moniri / Dir. of Photography Seyed Hassan, Seyedi Parishan / Music Esmail Jafari Jamnani / Editor Mohammad Moeen Karimoddini / Producer Mahdi Moniri / Contact Mahdi Moniri

About the director

Mahdi Moniri

Mahdi Moniri (b. 1975, Babol, Iran), writer, director, and producer, completed university studies in stage direction in 2003. Filmography: Amiri khoonesh (2001), Ameneh khaleh (2003), Karb (2004), Mourning and Mystic Dance (2004), Tinar (2009), Siva (2010).

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Mahdi Moniri
, , Tehran
Iran
Phone: +98 912 248 0025
E-mail: [email protected]

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