Underplayed Gems

Saray (1997)

Saray poster
Original title
Apardı Sellər Saranı
Directed by
Yadollah Samadi
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Iran
Runtime
1h 23m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is a folkloric story set in a rural Iranian community. The film follows characters dealing with love and tradition, all spoken in the Azerbaijani language.

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What happens

سارای نام فیلمی افسانه ای فولکلور به کارگردانی یدالله صمدی است که در سال ۱۳۷۶ ساخته شده‌است. سارای نخستین فیلم سینمای ایران است که گویش آن کاملا با زبان آذری انجام شد و در اکران عمومی در شهرهای غیر آذری زبان، از زیرنویس فارسی استفاده گردید. سالها بعد در فیلمهای دیگری مانند پوست ، ائو ( خانه) و … نیز این رویه تکرار شد؛ ولی این فیلم مورد نخستین تلقی میگردد. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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