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Augsburg 2003 |
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17.
Tage des unabhängigen Films/
Days
of Independent Film:
24. November - 30. November 2003 |
Focus
Iran:
Chaneh-je ru-je ab
Das auf Wasser gebaute Haus
A House Built on Water |
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ZU SEHEN AM
Sa, 29.11. - 19.30 Uhr im Thalia
Ein achtjähriger Junge liegt im Koma und rezitiert
fehlerfrei den Koran. Eine Frau verschweigt ihrem Bräutigam,
dass sie Aids hat. Schwarz gekleidete Männer schreiten
zur Tat, die an die Auftragsmorde an iranischen Intellektuellen
erinnert. Eine alte Frau spinnt und webt wie die nordischen
Schicksalsgöttinnen die Fäden der Vorbestimmung.
Gefangen im Netz der Ereignisse ist der wohlhabende
Gynäkologe Resa Sepidbacht, der sich mit Frauenbekanntschaften
und Alkohol über Wasser zu halten versucht. Angetrunken
überfährt er nachts einen Engel und verbrennt
sich bei dessen Rettung die Hand. Die Wunde wird nicht
heilen. Der zweite Spielfilm von Bahman Farmanara nach
dessen Rückkehr in den Iran zeichnet ein packendes
Bild einer Gesellschaft im kollektiven Koma.
Robert Richter © 2003
Anmerkung des Filmautors
" Leben ohne Hoffnung ist wie ein Haus auf Wasser
bauen." Bahman Farmanara
Bahman Farmanara
Bahman Farmanara, geboren 1942 in Teheran, absolvierte
die London School of Music and Dramatic Arts, arbeitete
für verschiedene Filmzeitschriften und kehrte 1966
in den Iran zurück. Dort arbeitete er zunächst
für die iranische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft.
1971 drehte er seinen ersten Kurzfilm „Nourus
und Kaviar“ und 1972 seinen Erstlingsspielfilm
„Das Haus von Qamar Chanum“, das Remake
einer der populärsten iranischen Fernsehserien.
Ein Jahr später wurde er Direktor der Film Industry
Corporation of Iran. Es folgten die Spielfilme „Prinz
Ehtedschab“ (1974) und „Die langen Schatten
des Windes“ (1979), beide nach Romanen von Huschang
Golschiri. 1980 verliess Farmanara den Iran und liess
sich nach einem Aufenthalt in Frankreich in Kanada nieder,
wo er 1984 den Cinema Circle of Canada gründete.
1994, nach seiner Rückkehr in den Iran, nahm er
am Tehran College of Cinema and Theatre eine Lehrtätigkeit
auf. 2000 stellte er „Kampfergeruch, Jasminparfüm“
fertig, für den Farmanara am Internationalen Fadschr
Filmfestival Teheran zahlreiche Preise und am Montreal
Weltfilmfestival den Spezialpreis der Jury erhielt.
2002 folgte „Das auf Wasser gebaute Haus“,
der am Teheraner Fadschr Filmfestival mit dem Goldenen
Simorgh, dem Hauptpreis, ausgezeichnet wurde.
>> English
An eight-year-old Hafiz of all Qoran goes into a coma,
while reciting Qoran. A very successful gynecologist,
Dr. Sepidbakht, runs over an angel, while driving under
the influence of alcohol. He does not believe in anything
and his life is in free fall. A young girl who is about
to marry, discovers that she has Aids, and decides not
to tell the groom. A group of unknown men pursue the
doctor to take revenge. They are in a coma of hate.
“The House Built on Water” is the story
of a society in a collective coma.
Director’s Statement
“Living without a hope is something like a house
built on water.” Bahman Farmanara
Bahman Farmanara
Bahman Farmanara was born in Tehran in 1942. After graduation
from London School of Music and Dramatic Arts and USC
(film) and collaboration with film magazines, he returned
to Iran in 1966 and began his cooperation with newspapers
and National Iranian Radio and Television. Then he wrote
and directed his first short film, “Norouz and Caviar”
(1971). In 1972, he made his debut feature “The
House of Qamar Khanom”, a remake of one of the most
popular national TV series. One year later, he started
to work as director of The Film Industry Corporation of
Iran. Meanwhile, he directed “Prince Ehtejab”
(1974) and “Tall Shadows of the Wind” (1979),
two adaptations from Houshang Golshiri's outstanding novels.
In 1980, he moved to France and one year later, he immigrated
to Canada. There, he founded a Children Film Festival
in Vancouver and set up The Cinema Circle of Canada in
1984. Returning to Iran, he began teaching at Tehran College
of Cinema and Theatre in 1994. In 2000, he made “Smell
of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine” which won eight
awards at the 18th Tehran Fajr International Film Festival
and the Special Jury Prize at the 24th Montreal World
Film Festival. In 2002 he presented “The House Built
on Water” which won the Golden Simorgh at the Tehran
Fajr International Film Festival 2002.
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A House
Built on Water
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und Drehbuch: Bahman Farmanara
Kamera: Mahmoud Kalari
Musik: Ahmad Pezhman
Schnitt: Abbas Ganjavi
Darsteller: Es’satolah Entesami, Bita Farahi,
Behnas Dschafari, Resa Kianian, Dschamschid Maschajechi,
Hedjeh Tehrani
Produktion: Soheila Dschanghdschu, Larisa Farmanara
Iran 2002, 107 Min., Hauptpreis des Internationalen
Filmfestivals Teheran 2002.
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Review
The fact that the film's weary hero, Dr. Reza Sepidbakht,
is a gynecologist in a world where women are obliged to hide
every feminine attribute sets up the battle lines of hypocrisy
vs. cynical reality. He lives alone with the servants in a
mansion out of "Dallas," barely conscious of his
wife and children living in the U.S. and insensitive to his
aged father's unhappiness in a rest home. Surrounded by miffed
nurses and secretaries who are his cast-off lovers, Reza spends
drunken nights with call girls. Then one night, he runs over
an "angel." Touching the creature, he burns his
hand with a wound that will not heal. This, and the recurring
image of an old woman weaving together the threads of destiny,
serve as reminders that there's more to life than sex and
money.
In the hospital, Reza is strangely moved by an 8-year-old
boy who has become a media phenomenon because he's able to
recite the Koran by heart. He's in a coma and his greedy family
is desperate with fear that they won't be able to exploit
him anymore. Almost simultaneously, Reza's teenage son Mani
(Mehdi Safavi) turns up for a visit. But he is arrested at
the airport for carrying heroin, plunging Reza into a nightmare
in which he is called on to express love and responsibility.
Offshore, its very modernity and sophistication may reduce
its curiosity value for markets attuned to Iranian exoticism
and simplicity. Reaching for poetry and mysterious depths,
Farmanara's elusive narrative stumbles over thriller elements
that lower the tone. Reza's evil secretary, whom he foolishly
trusts, informs someone of his every move. When his antagonists
are finally visualized, they're dressed like hit men from
"Mission: Impossible." Pic opts for a surreal, confused,
mystical finale that feels more like wish fulfilment on Reza's
part than his spiritual rescue.
Deborah Young, Variety
A House
Built on Water
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and screenplay: Bahman Farmanara
Director of Photography: Mahmoud Kalari
Music: Ahmad Pezhman
Editing: Abbas Ganjavi
Cast: Ezzatolah Entezami, Bita Farahi, Behnaz Jafari,
Reza Kianian, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Hedyeh Tehrani
Producers: Soheyla Janghjoo, Larisa Farmanara
Iran 2002, 107 min., Crystal Simorgh for Best Film at
the Tehran Film Festival 2002.
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