Underplayed Gems

گنجشک و قناری (2011)

گنجشک و قناری poster
Country
Iran
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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 taxi driver living with his elderly mother gets mistaken for his inventor brother. A group led by a foreigner tries to stop the brother's fuel-saving invention from being mass-produced in Iran, leading to a case of mistaken identity and a hostage situation.

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What happens

گنجشک و قناری یک تله‌فیلم در ژانر طنز اجتماعی به کارگردانی رحیم بهبودی‌فر است که در سال ۱۳۹۰ در ایران ساخته‌شد. منصور راننده تاکسی است که با مادر پیرش زندگی می‌کند و برادرش مسعود بعد از ۱۵سال از خارج به ایران می‌آید. او مخترع انژکتور کم مصرف است و یک شرکت با او قرارداد کار بسته، ولی عده‌ای به سرکردگی فردی خارجی قصد دارند کاری کنند که اختراع او در ایران تولید انبوه نشود. آنان منصور را که لباس مسعود را پوشیده به جای مهندس گروگان می‌گیرند و در عوض مهندس واقعی را به خیال اینکه منصور است راهی جلسه می‌کنند تا اینکه ... . (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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