The Noon of the 10th Day
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1988 in film
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documentary film by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh
Mahmoud Shoolizadeh
Mahmoud Shoolizadeh is an Iranian film director and screenwriter, with various awards including Best Film award of the audience for the fiction film Noora in 49th International Film Festival of Taormina in Italy in June 2003...
about people mourning in Ashoora in the city of Khansar
Khansar
Khvansar is a city in and the capital of Khvansar County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 20,490, in 6,019 families....
in Isfahan province, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. In this ceremony, which is taken place every year in the tenth day of Moharram by Shiite Muslims, the customs of the public mourning for the loss of their religious leader is shown. In this film, poetic and dramatic scenes from the battle of karbala is reconstructed.
This film participated in Short Film Festival in Esfahan, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, in 1991.
Technical specifications and film crew
The Noon of the 10th Day- Betacam sp, 25 min. Documentary, Iran, 1988
- Script writer and Director: Mahmoud Shoolizadeh,
- Photographer: Mohammad Dodangeh
- Edit: Ali Tahvil Dari
- Producer: Javad Peyhani ( I.R.I.B., Isfahan )