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76 Minutes and 15 Seconds with Abbas Kiarostami

76 Minutes and 15 Seconds with Abbas Kiarostami
May 13, 2017 - 7:30 pm
In-person: 
filmmaker Adel Yaraghi, film historian Azadeh Farahmand-Kamel.

Online ticket sales have ended; tickets will be available at the Billy Wilder Theater box office, which opens one hour before show time.

Take Me Home  (Iran, 2016)


Produced in Italy, Kiarostami’s delightful, beguiling final film evokes The Red Balloon by way of Italo Calvino when a young boy loses control of a soccer ball that then bounces down a seemingly endless series of stone steps.

DCP, b&w, 16 min.  Director: Abbas Kiarostami.  Editor: Adel Yaraghi.  Music: Peter Soleymanipour.  With: Biagio di Tonno.

76 Minutes and 15 Seconds with Abbas Kiarostami  (Iran, 2016)


Acclaimed photographer Seifollah Samadian, a long-time collaborator with Abbas Kiarostami, turns years of behind-the-scenes footage shot during their close creative partnership into a beautiful, understated and inspiring tribute to this giant of cinema by simply allowing us to watch, without commentary, Kiarostami at work.

DCP, color, 76 min.  Director: Seifollah Samadian.  Producer: Seifollah Samadian.  Screenwriter: Seifollah Samadian.  Cinematographer: Seifollah Samadian.  With: Abbas Kiarostami, Juliette Binoche, Massoud Kimiai, Jafar Panahi, Ali Reza Raiesian.