Ba-marefatha (1963)

Original title

با معرفت‌ها

Directed by

Hossein Madini

Genre

drama film

Country

Iran

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A thief breaks into a house where a woman and her daughter Maryam live in poverty. A curtain falls on a heater, causing a fire.

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What happens

بامعرفت‌ها فیلمی به کارگردانی و نویسندگی حسین مدنی محصول سال ۱۳۴۲ است. دزدی به خانه‌ای که زنی با دخترش مریم در آن زندگی فقیرانه‌ای دارد، وارد می‌شود و ناگهان پردهٔ اتاق روی بخاری می‌افتد و موجب آتش‌سوزی می‌شود… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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