SPOTLIGHT: MOHSEN MAKHMMALBAF & JAMES LONGLEY
The Door
Directors
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Producers
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cinematographers
Mohammad Ahmadi
Editors
Maysam Makhmalbaf
Sound
Nezam Kiaee
Official Film Website
Contact
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Makhmalbaf Film House
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1999
Iran
22 min
Color
An old man carries a worn-out wooden door, which is the last remainder of his belongings; on his shoulders in the desert and her masked daughter along with a goat follow him. The postman comes with a bicycle and brings a letter for the door that the old man is carrying on his shoulders. The old man puts down the door from his back and opens the door to get the letter from the postman. But when he notices that it is a love letter for his daughter he tears the letter, closes the door and puts it on his shoulders and goes on until…
Born in 1957, Iran. Filmmaker, novelist, screenwriter, editor, producer, human right activist. In his teen years, he fought against the dictatorship in Iran and was injured by bullet shots by the police and spent some five years in prison as a political prisoner. He lost the use of his legs as a result of torture and underwent numerous operations before he could manage to walk again.
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