Radiograph of a Family
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Film Available to Stream
Fri, Apr 9 at 12:01 am – Sun, Apr 18 at 11:59 pm PST
Description
Iranian filmmaker Firouzeh Khosrovani investigates her parents’ unusual marriage in this documentary steeped in bittersweet history. Hossein, a radiologist, is secular and sophisticated, while his young bride Tayi is a devout Muslim, shocked by her new husband’s Western tastes. Khosrovani creates a poetic portrait of a fraught but loving relationship set against 1960s Switzerland and revolutionary-era Iran using family photos, other archival materials, recreated and imagined dialogue, and the geographical dimensions of her childhood home.
Firouzeh Khosrovani
Firouzeh Khosrovani’s previous documentaries include Rough Cut (2008), and L’archivio a oriente (2012), Profession: Documentarist (2014), and Fest of Duty (2014). Casting her gaze at her own parents for Radiograph of a Family she describes as “a project of a lifetime.” The film won Best Feature-Length Documentary and Best Creative Use of Archive at IDFA.
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Film Details
LanguageFarsi, French
Year2020
Runtime82
CountryIran/Switzerland, Norway
DirectorFirouzeh Khosrovani
ProducerFabien Greenberg Bård Kjøge Rønning
Executive ProducerFabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
EditorFarahnaz Sharifi, Rainer Maria Trinkler, Jila Apachi
CinematographerMohammad Reza Jahanpanah
MusicPeyman Yazdanian
Print SourceTaskovski FIlms
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