Whisper with the Wind
{{Infobox film
| name = Whisper With the Wind
| image =
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| director = Shahram Alidi
| producer = Shahram Alidi
| screenplay = Shahram Alidi
| starring ={{plainlist|
- Omar Chawshin
- Maryam Boubani
- Fakhr Mohammad Barzani
- Valid Marouf Jarou
- Mohara, Hossein Ghadr
- Bistoun Ali Ghadr
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| editing = Hayedeh Safiyari
| released = {{Film date|2009}}
| runtime = 77 minutes
| country = Iran
| language = Kurdish
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Whisper With the Wind is a 2009 Kurdish drama film written and directed by Shahram Alidi in his first film.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/whisper-with-the-wind-1200474765/|title=Review: 'Whisper with the Wind'|first=Jordan|last=Mintzer|date=20 May 2009|website=Variety.com|accessdate=22 May 2017}}
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
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|1493829}}
- [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/whisper_with_the_wind_2009/ Whisper With The Wind] Rottentomatoes
- [https://www.cinenews.be/nl/films/whisper-with-the-wind/ Whisper With The Wind] Cinenews
- [http://m.france24.com/en/20100406-%E2%80%98whisper-with-wind%E2%80%99-shahram-alidi/ Whisper With The Wind] France24
- [http://www.urbandistrib.com/films/whisper-with-the-wind/ Whisper With The Wind] Urbandistrib
Category:Films directed by Shahram Alidi
Category:Kurdish-language films
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