Duet (2006 film)

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Duet
Directed by Kiarash Anvari
Written byKiarash Anvari
Produced byKiarash Anvari
Mostafa Anvari
Sadaf Foroughi
Farzaneh Sabetkasaie
StarringKiarash Anvari
Siavash Mazloumipour
Salar Jahangard
Narrated byKiarash Anvari
Cinematography Reza Teimouri
Edited by Babak Anvari
Music by Christophe Rezai
Production
company
Sweet Delight Pictures
Distributed byIranian Independents
Release date
Running time
16 minutes
LanguagePersian

Duet is a 2006 Iranian short mockumentary film, shot in Damavand, Iran and written and directed by Kiarash Anvari. [1]

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Plot

A retired veteran of the 8-year Iran-Iraq war, paralyzed from injuries suffered in the conflict, struggles to bring peace to the world through a miracle after the attacks on the World Trade Center in September 2001. The ritual he performs depends on the help of his brother, a man who does not believe in miracles.

Cast

Festivals

The film's has had international screenings at Palm Springs International Short Film Festival (2006), [2] the 13th annual Bite The Mango Film Festival in 2007, [3] [4] the 5th Matsalu Nature Film Festival in 2007, [5] and the 5th Signes de Nuit International Film Festival in Paris in 2007. [6]

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References

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