Underplayed Gems

The Eighth Day of the Week (1973)

The Eighth Day of the Week poster
Original title
هشتمین روز هفته
Directed by
Hosein Rajaiyan
Country
Iran
Runtime
1h 55m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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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 woman returns to Iran and becomes the lead in a film directed by someone she met in Los Angeles. The movie follows her experiences as she navigates her new role and the emotions that come with it.

melancholicdreamlikeslow-burnintrospectivepoeticvisually lushsomberatmospheric

What happens

هشتمین روز هفته نام تنها فیلم حسین رجاییان است. این فیلم را پس از مراجعت به ایران در سال ۱۳۵۲ ساخت. فیلم نامه این فیلم را حسین رجاییان و مهرداد کاشانی نوشتند. او در زمان اقامتش در ایالت کالیفرنیا در شهر لوس آنجلس با فرزانه تاییدی (بازیگر) آشنا شد. او فرزانه را برای ایفای نقش اول فیلم خود به ایران دعوت کرد. فرزانه تاییدی برای اولین بار حضور در سینما را با هشتمین روز هفته تجربه کرد و به خاطر بازی در این فیلم جایزه سپاس بهترین بازیگر زن در سال ۱۳۵۲ را از آن خود کرد. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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