Postman (1972)

Original title

پستچی

Directed by

Dariush Mehrjui

Genre

drama film

Country

Iran

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lonely postman in a small Iranian town struggles with poverty and a failing marriage. He becomes increasingly unstable as he tries to hold onto his dignity. The film follows his downward spiral into desperation.

bleakslow-burnmelancholictenseintrospectiveclaustrophobicpsychologically heavysomber

What happens

Postbudet (persisk: پستچی‎, Postchi) er en iransk dramafilm fra 1972 med manus og regi av Dariush Mehrjui. Manus er skrevet av Mehrjui med «Woyzeck» av Georg Büchner som forelegg. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Hell + Me (1972)
• Topoli (1972)
• The Dagger (1972)
• The Sorceress (1972)
• Peace in the Presence of Others (1972)
• The Curse (1973)
• Asey (1972)
• The Soil (1973)