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- 2012
- Amstelfilm
- 1 h 28 m
- 2012
- Amstelfilm
- 1 h 28 m
Summary Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of finding his wife, who thinks him dead for over twenty years.
Directed By: Bahman Ghobadi
Written By: Bahman Ghobadi
- 2012
- Amstelfilm
- 1 h 28 m
- 2012
- Amstelfilm
- 1 h 28 m
Rhino Season
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Summary Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of finding his wife, who thinks him dead for over twenty years.
Directed By: Bahman Ghobadi
Written By: Bahman Ghobadi
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
33% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
66
67% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
33% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Haunting feature that crafts fiction from the inspiration of real-life Kurdish-Iranian poet Sadegh Kamangar. Co-star Monica Bellucci may attract much of the attention Stateside, but the film's ravishing aesthetic and multiple points of political interest will make it fascinating to many cineastes.
A poet imprisoned during the Islamic Revolution is released 27 years later. Camera focus, reflections and water droplets are sublimely designed to articulate what his liberty will let him see. [04 Oct 2012, p.4]
This is deeply felt, poetic filmmaking, though the unrelentingly dour tone isn't for everyone. [18 Oct 2012, p.41]
Rhino Season unapologetically favors poetry over prose, layering its images and time frames in elegantly wrought detail. At times the visual landscape feels fussy. [12 Oct 2012, p.C3]
Burdened with a complex flashback structure and an unemotional core, this multi-decade saga of an imprisoned Iranian poet and his family has surprisingly little resonance.
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Production Company
BKM,
Elmalma Marka Iletisim,
Mij Film Co.
Release Date Sep 12, 2012
Duration 1 h 28 m
Website
http://www.mijfilm.com/
Awards
Asian Film Awards
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Camerimage
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
