Among the Clouds

Section: World Cinema
Directed by: Rouhollah Hejazi


Dar miane abrha
Iran, 2008

Dir.: Rouhollah Hejazi
Scr.: Mohammad Reza Gohari
Phot.: Farshad Mohammadi
Ed.: Sepideh Abdolvahab
Music: Ali Samadpour
Cast: Elnaz Shakerdoost, Younes Ghazali, Reza Mokhtari, Malek Seraj
Format: 35 mm
Color
83 mins
Language: Persian voice, English subtitle, Hungarian voice over

In southwest Iran, near the border with Iraq, a resourceful 16-year-old baggage porter becomes smitten with a slightly older Iraqi girl who’s not what she seems in this bittersweet drama. After Malek helps her solve a transport problem, unscrupulous Noura makes the adoring lad a patsy in an illegal scheme. With its lyrical cinematography and haunting score, the film evokes the harsh humanism of early work by Majid Majidi, who acted as a mentor for the 29-year-old director Rouhollah Hejazi.

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