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18 nov 2021 · Shatranj-e baad ( Chess of the Wind, playing 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, at the Pacific Film Archive), for example, has been unavailable for more than 40 years. Produced in 1976 and banned shortly thereafter, the film was considered lost until it was rediscovered in a Tehran junk shop in 2015. Now the film has been fully restored, and it’s quite ...
31 ago 2020 · Grande scoperta del 34° Cinema Ritrovato, e in realtà parte del mancato Cannes Classics di quest’anno, Chess of the Wind (Shatranj-e Baad) di Mohammad Reza Aslani è un capolavoro del cinema iraniano prerivoluzionario, un film maledetto del 1976, proiettato finora solo pochissime volte. Un’opera di estetica decadente che racconta una ...
Chess of the Wind. A murder mystery in 1920s Tehran, Chess of the Wind unfolds in an ornate, candlelit mansion where a web of greed, violence, and betrayal ensnares the heirs to a family fortune, as they vie for control of their recently-deceased matriarch’s estate—erupting in a ferocious final act. IMDb 7.3 1 h 40 min 1976. 13+.
11 ott 2020 · Chess of the Wind is a stunning visual experience backed by a terrific and eerie score, courtesy of Sheyda Gharachedaghi, as well as a cast of determined actors. The film reaches revelatory heights due to its insightful and progressive political commentary. Aslani depicts a society controlled by greed and capital: in fact, capital is the ...
16 set 2020 · Chess of the Wind. 1976. An unheralded landmark of Iranian cinema, Mohammad Reza Aslani’s debut feature is set during the rule of the Qajar dynasty and chronicles the fallout when a noble family’s matriarch passes away, kindling tensions new and old among her heirs. Screened publicly just once and long thought lost after the 1979 Revolution ...
A murder mystery in 1920s Tehran, Chess of the Wind unfolds in an ornate, candlelit mansion where a web of greed, violence, and betrayal ensnares the heirs to a family fortune, as they vie for control of their recently-deceased matriarch’s estate—erupting in a ferocious final act.
Banned by the Islamic Republic, the film was considered lost until 2014, when a print was found in a Tehran junk shop. Eventually saved by The World Cinema Foundation in a strikingly meticulous restoration, Chess of the Wind is a unique fusion of European modernism, gothic horror, and classical Persian art.
