Charkh-E-Bazigar (1968)

Original title

چرخ بازیگر

Directed by

Mehdi AmirGhasem Khani

Genre

drama

Country

Iran

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

9.0 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 young brother and sister sell lottery tickets to support their family. One of their tickets wins, but their father gets in a fight and kills someone so he ends up in prison.

bittersweetfamily-focusedhopefullow-key dramadomestictragic turnrestrainedperiod piece

What happens

چرخ بازیگر فیلمی به کارگردانی مهدی امیرقاسم خانی و نویسندگی سعید مطلبی محصول سال ۱۳۴۷ است. خواهر و برادر کوچکی که بلیط بخت‌آزمایی می‌فروشند، یکی از بلیط‌هایشان برنده شده و در شرایطی که پدر و دو فرزند تصور زندگی آرامی را در آینده دارند، پدر در نزاعی مرتکب قتل شده و زندانی می‌گردد… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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