Minoo Watchtower (1996)

Original title

برج مینو

Directed by

Ebrahim Hatamikia

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Iran

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 5 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 film set during the Iran Iraq war. It focuses on a group of people at a watchtower and how they deal with the conflict.

somberreflectiveintimateslow-pacedhumanisticgroundedmeditativewar-torn

What happens

Minoo Watchtower is a 1996 drama film by the Iranian director Ebrahim Hatamikia. Hatamikia also wrote the script for the film, which was lensed by Aziz Sa'ati. Niki Karimi, Ali Mosaffa and Mohamad Reza Sharifinia starred in the principal roles. The film is an example of Sacred Defense cinema, a genre of Iranian films depicting the Iran–Iraq War's impact on Iran. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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