bab’aziz
The Prince That Contemplated His Soul
Tunizija
Tunisia 2005
2005-Germany/UK/Iran/Tunisia
režija/directed by
Nacer Khemir
scenarij/screenplay
Nacer Khemir
fotografija/cinematography
Mahmoud Kalari
glasba/music
Armand Amar
montaža/editing
Isabelle Rathery
zvok/sound
Stuart Wilson, Steve Higgs, Bahman Bani Ardalan
igrajo/cast
Parviz Shahinkhou, Maryam Hamid, Nessim Kahloul, Mohamed Grayaa, Golshifteh Farahani, Hossein Panahi
producenta/producers
Cyriac Auriol, Alireza Shojanoori
produkcija/production
Les Films du Requin
7, rue Ganneron
75018 Paris
France
tel: +33 14 387 15 62
fax: +33 14 387 34 72
email: films.requin@wanadoo.fr
Behnegar
9-22 Bahman Alley Yakchal Street
Gholhak
1943863 Tehran
Iran
Pegasos Film
Egenolffstr.13
60316 Frankfurt
Germany
Hannibal Film
7, rue Mohammed Khlifa
8070 Corba
Tunisia
koprodukcija/co-production
Inforg Studio
Kinizsi u 11
1092 Budapest
Hungary
Zephyr Films
48 a Goodge st
W1T4LX Londres
United Kingdom
format/format
35mm, barvni/ color
dolžina/running time
98′
prodaja/world sales
Bavaria Film International
Bavaria Media GmbH
Thorsten Ritter - Bavariafilmplatz 8
82031 Geiselgasteig
Germany
Tel. +49 / 89 / 64 99 26 86
Fax +49 / 89 / 64 99 37 20
bavaria.internacional@bavaria-film.de
www.bavaria-film-internacional.de
Two figures, lost in an ocean of sand. Ishtar, a lively little girl, and her grandfather Bab’Aziz, a blind dervish. Their goal is the great reunion of dervishes that takes place every thirty years. But to find out where it is held, one must have faith. One must listen to the infinite silence of the desert with one’s heart. As they cross the endless expanse of burning-freezing sand, they encounter other people. Osman, aching for the beautiful young women he found at the bottom of a well … Zaid, whose singing seduced a ravishing beauty he has lost … There is also the Prince, who gives up his realm to become a dervish – an ancient tale that Bab’Aziz relates to Ishtar as they struggle onward. The desert is the dervish’s friend, however, and in due time it unlocks its secret to Bab’Aziz: the gathering place. The elderly man kisses his granddaughter one last time before sending her off with Zaid into the wild colors and bewitching sounds of the gathering. Because for Bab’Aziz, the time has come to fuse with the sand, to become part of the many stories and legends that swirl through the desert like a dream within another dream and so on, as infinite as the grains of sand …
The Prince That Contemplated His Soul
Tunizija
Tunisia 2005
2005-Germany/UK/Iran/Tunisia
režija/directed by
Nacer Khemir
scenarij/screenplay
Nacer Khemir
fotografija/cinematography
Mahmoud Kalari
glasba/music
Armand Amar
montaža/editing
Isabelle Rathery
zvok/sound
Stuart Wilson, Steve Higgs, Bahman Bani Ardalan
igrajo/cast
Parviz Shahinkhou, Maryam Hamid, Nessim Kahloul, Mohamed Grayaa, Golshifteh Farahani, Hossein Panahi
producenta/producers
Cyriac Auriol, Alireza Shojanoori
produkcija/production
Les Films du Requin
7, rue Ganneron
75018 Paris
France
tel: +33 14 387 15 62
fax: +33 14 387 34 72
email: films.requin@wanadoo.fr
Behnegar
9-22 Bahman Alley Yakchal Street
Gholhak
1943863 Tehran
Iran
Pegasos Film
Egenolffstr.13
60316 Frankfurt
Germany
Hannibal Film
7, rue Mohammed Khlifa
8070 Corba
Tunisia
koprodukcija/co-production
Inforg Studio
Kinizsi u 11
1092 Budapest
Hungary
Zephyr Films
48 a Goodge st
W1T4LX Londres
United Kingdom
format/format
35mm, barvni/ color
dolžina/running time
98′
prodaja/world sales
Bavaria Film International
Bavaria Media GmbH
Thorsten Ritter - Bavariafilmplatz 8
82031 Geiselgasteig
Germany
Tel. +49 / 89 / 64 99 26 86
Fax +49 / 89 / 64 99 37 20
bavaria.internacional@bavaria-film.de
www.bavaria-film-internacional.de
Two figures, lost in an ocean of sand. Ishtar, a lively little girl, and her grandfather Bab’Aziz, a blind dervish. Their goal is the great reunion of dervishes that takes place every thirty years. But to find out where it is held, one must have faith. One must listen to the infinite silence of the desert with one’s heart. As they cross the endless expanse of burning-freezing sand, they encounter other people. Osman, aching for the beautiful young women he found at the bottom of a well … Zaid, whose singing seduced a ravishing beauty he has lost … There is also the Prince, who gives up his realm to become a dervish – an ancient tale that Bab’Aziz relates to Ishtar as they struggle onward. The desert is the dervish’s friend, however, and in due time it unlocks its secret to Bab’Aziz: the gathering place. The elderly man kisses his granddaughter one last time before sending her off with Zaid into the wild colors and bewitching sounds of the gathering. Because for Bab’Aziz, the time has come to fuse with the sand, to become part of the many stories and legends that swirl through the desert like a dream within another dream and so on, as infinite as the grains of sand …
