The Scent of Joseph's Shirt (1995)

Original title

بوی پیرهن یوسف

Directed by

Ebrahim Hatamikia

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Iran

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 10 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

This film follows families waiting for news of loved ones who were taken as prisoners during the Iran-Iraq war. It shows their emotional struggle between hope and despair over many years.

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What happens

The Scent of Joseph's Shirt (Persian: بوی پیراهن یوسف, romanized: Buy Pirâhan Yusof) is a 1995 war and drama film written and directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia, Iranian director, who is described as " one of the most outstanding directors of war genre." The film focuses on the prisoners of war of the 1980-1988 Iran–Iraq War. In an interview, Hatamikia said that the film portrays his perception of the concept of the reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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