Two young livestock handlers in Tehran are assigned the nearly impossible task of transporting a large cow across the busy city in 24 hours or less. With their jobs and futures at stake, will they make it in time?
Drama, 82 minutes, Persian w/English subtitles, Iran (2008)
Rights & Territory: All Media, North America
Mehrshad Karkhani was born in 1964 in Tehran. When the war broke out, he left school in order to do his military service. Azizollah Hamidnejad (filmmaker) encouraged him to pursue documentary filmmaking and social photography. He then became acquainted with Amir Naderi (filmmaker) where he learned much about photography and cinema. He presented his photos at domestic and foreign exhibitions and entered the photography of cinema through “Hoor in Fire” for which he received the prize for the best photo at the Fajr International Film Festival. He then started making documentaries and ads. He directed 4 short films and one feature film, “My Sin”, before his second feature film, “Loose Rope”.
- Festival Cinema Africano, Asia and America Latina (2009 / Italy)
- Cleveland International Film Festival (2009 / USA)
- Tiburon International Film Festival (19 – 27 March 2009 / USA)
- Portland International Film Festival (2009 / USA)
- London International Film Festival (2008 / UK)
- Hamburg International Film Festival (2008 / Germany)
Cast: Pejman Bazeghi, Babak Hamidian, Keramat Roudsaz, Narges Mohammadi
Director: Mehrshad Karkhani
Screenwriters: Mehrshad Karkhani, Babak Panahi
Director of Photography: Farshad Mohammadi
Editor: Shahrzad Pouya
Set Designer: Babak Panahi
Music: Sattar Oraki
Sound Recorder: Mahmoud Khorsand
Sound Mix: Ali-Reza Alavian
Assistants Director: Modjtaba Khademzadeh, Mahdi Pour Moosa
Producer: Habibollah Kaseh Saz
Production Company: Asre Entezar
Co-production Company: Documentary and Experimental Film Centre (DEFC)