Ballad of Tara: Iranian Film retrospective at the REX cinema
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Sixty years after the Iranian New Wave, 46 years after the revolution, 9 years after Abbas Kiarostami's death and 2 years after the assassination of Dariush Mehrjui, the REX cinema is offering the opportunity to compare pre- and post-revolutionary films from Iran and to discover new connections.
Meeting time allows us 15 minutes before the film starts to find each other - please be on time so we can get seats together. In Farsi with English subtitles.
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Tonight's movie, from Wikipedia: Ballad of Tara is a 1979 Iranian film written as well as directed by Bahram Bayzai. It was presented in the "Un Certain Regard" section at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.
Synopsis: Tara, a beautiful young widow, returns from the country to her village with her two small children. She finds out that her grandfather has passed away and distributes his belongings among her neighbours. But, there is only an old sword left that no one accepts.