The Cyclist
{{short description|1987 film by Mohsen Makhmalbaf}}
{{for|the verse drama by Paul Goodman|The Cyclist (play)}}
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| director = Mohsen Makhmalbaf
| writer = Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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| cinematography = Ali Reza Zarrindast
| editing = Mohsen Makhmalbaf
| music = Majid Entezami
| studio = Bonyad Mostazafan
| distributor = Filmarti
Cinéma Public Films
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Kino Video
| released = {{Film date|1987}}
| runtime = 82 minutes
| country = Iran
| language = Persian
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The Cyclist ({{langx|fa|بايسيكلران|translit=Bicycleran}}) is a 1987 Iranian sports-drama film written and directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, starring Moharram Zaynalzadeh as Abu Ahmed.
Plot
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Nasim, a poor Afghan refugee in Iran, gives a demonstration in his town's square, during which he rides his bicycle without stopping for seven days and seven nights, with the aim of raising money to pay for life-saving surgery for his dying wife. In the end, even after seven days, he continues to pedal endlessly, too fatigued to hear his son's and the crowd's pleas to get off his bicycle.{{harvnb|Adelkhah|Olszewska|2007|p=137}} One scholar analyses the film as an allegory which depicts the exploitation that Afghan refugees suffer from in Iran and from which they are unable to escape.{{harvnb|Adelkhah|Olszewska|2007|p=138}}
Accolades
In 1991 the film won the best narrative film award in the Hawaii International Film Festival.[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000315/1991/1?ref_=ttawd_ev_2 Hawaii International Film Festival (1991)]. IMDb
See also
References
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- {{citation|last1=Adelkhah|first1=Fariba|last2=Olszewska|first2=Zuzanna|year=2007|title=The Iranian Afghans|journal=Iranian Studies|volume=40|number=2|pages=137–165| doi = 10.1080/00210860701269519 |s2cid=159791018}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|title=The Cyclist|id=0092651}}
{{Mohsen Makhmalbaf}}
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Category:1980s sports drama films
Category:1980s Persian-language films
Category:Films directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Category:Films whose director won the Best Directing Crystal Simorgh
Category:Films whose writer won the Best Screenplay Crystal Simorgh
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