Shirin (2008)
January 20, 2008Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Mahnaz Afshar
Woman in audience
Pegah Ahangarani
Woman in audience
Taraneh Alidoosti
Woman in audience
Juliette Binoche
Woman in audience / Thanks
Golshifteh Farahani
Woman in audience
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Woman in audience
Kamand Amirsoleimani
Woman in audience
Leila Hatami
Woman in audience
Khatereh Asadi
Woman in audience
Behnaz Jafari
Woman in audience
Mahtab Keramati
Woman in audience
Vishka Asayesh
Woman in audience
Niki Karimi
Woman in audience
Merila Zarei
Rana Azadvar
Woman in audience
Baran Kosari
Abbas Kiarostami
Director
Willard Sheldon
Writer
Hooman Behmanesh
Cinematographer
Mahmoud Kalari
Cinematographer
Arash Sadeghi
Editor
Hamideh Razavi
Producer
Ali Karim
Thanks
Nima Dabirzadeh
First Assistant Camera / Still Photographer
Nizami Ganjavi
Story
Hossein Zarouri
Original Music Composer
Rana Azadivar
Sahar Dolatshahi
Rima Raminfar
Roya Taymourian
Tannaz Tabatabaei
Negar Javaherian
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 20, 2008
Original Nameشیرین
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 32m
Genres
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Wiki.
Shirin (Persian: شیرین) is a 2008 Iranian drama film directed by Abbas Kiarostami. The film is considered by some critics as a notable twist in the artistic career of Kiarostami.
The film features close-ups of many notable Iranian actresses and French actress Juliette Binoche as they watch a film based on a part mythological Persian romance tale of Khosrow and Shirin, with themes of female self-sacrifice. The film has been described as "a compelling exploration of the relationship between image, sound and female spectatorship." The film depicts the audience's emotional involvement with the story. The story is read between the tragic and kitsch by a cast of narrators led by Manoucher Esmaieli and is accompanied by a historical "film score" by Morteza Hananeh and Hossein Dehlavi.The film's production is replete with curious anecdotes. According to some reports, the women were filmed individually in Kiarostami's living room, with the director asking them to cast their gaze at a mere series of dots above the camera. The director has also stated that, during the filming process, he had no idea what film they were watching, and settled on the Khosrow and Shirin myth only after shooting had concluded. In Taste of Shirin (2008, 27 minutes), a documentary by Hamideh Razavi on the making of the film, one can see how the film really was shot. The brief appearance of Juliette Binoche in the film came as a coincidence. She was visiting Kiarostami and Iran as a guest during Shirin's project and she became interested to participate in the project.
It was first screened at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.