Shatranj-e baad

Chess Game of the Wind

1976 93 min. Iran Mohammad Reza Aslani

Déjà Vu

Director
Mohammad Reza Aslani

Screenplay
Mohammad Reza Aslani, Hossein Rasayel

Cinematography
Houshang Baharlou

Editing
Abbas Ganjavi

Music
Sheyda Gharachedaghi

Sound
Valod Aghajanian, Mostafa Mostafazadeh

Producer
Bahman Farmanara

Production
Sherkat-e Gostaresh-e Sanaye Cinema-e [IR]

Cast
Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Fakhri Khorvash, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Shahram Golchin, Hamid Taati, Akbar Zanjanpour

Synopsis
After the owner of the family fortune passes away, her greedy widower Hadji plans a conspiracy to murder his deceased’s wife daughter, the last heir of her mother. The aristocratic lady fights back with the help of her maid, not knowing that she is playing both sides.

Format
DCP, Color

World Sales-Distribution
Cineteca di Bologna

Filmography
Mohammad Reza Aslani
IRAN (1943)

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
2008 ATASH-E SABZ / THE GREEN FIRE
1996 CHIGH
1982 KOODAK VA ESTESMAR / CHILD AND EXPLOITATION
1970 BADBADE
1964 JAAM-E HASANLOU / THE HASSANLOU CHALICE

Festivals
Cannes, New York, Rotterdam

Notes
Restored Print
The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, Cineteca di Bologna

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