Pari (1994)

Original title

پری

Directed by

Dariush Mehrjui

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Iran

Runtime

1h 55m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 7 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 Iranian woman named Pari struggles with spiritual and existential questions. She retreats from her family and fiancé to seek deeper meaning, prompting her older brother to intervene.

contemplativemelancholicintrospectiveslow-pacedearnestemotionallanguidthoughtful

What happens

Pari (Persian: پری, romanized: Parī) is a 1995 Iranian motion picture directed by Dariush Mehrjui. The film is an unauthorized "loose" adaptation of J. D. Salinger's 1961 book Franny and Zooey. Though the film could be distributed legally in Iran since the country has no official copyright relations with the United States, Salinger had his lawyers block a planned screening of the film at Lincoln Center in 1998. Mehrjui called Salinger's action "bewildering," explaining that he saw his film as "a kind of cultural exchange." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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