Rainy Seasons (Persian: فصل باران‌های موسمی, romanizedFasl-e Bārān-hā-ye Mowsemi) is a 2010 Iranian film, directed by Majid Barzegar. Barzegar's directorial debut, it tells the story of sixteen-year-old Sina (Navid Layeghi Moghadam), who is left with an apartment to himself as his parents divorce. He finds himself in a difficult situation, hounded by neighborhood tough Masoud (Alireza Bagheri) to whom he owes money, as he allows Nahid (Marzieh Khoshtarash) to stay with him temporarily.[1] The movie was originally conceived as a short film before being developed into a full-length feature.[2]

Rainy Seasons
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Persianفصل باران‌های موسمی
Directed byMajid Barzegar
Written byMajid Barzegar, Hamed Rajabi
Produced byManoochehr Shahsavari
StarringNavid Layeghi Moghadam, Marzieh Khoshtarash, Elnaz Habibi
CinematographyAmin Jafari
Distributed byHonar va Tajrobe
Release date
  • January 2010 (2010-01) (FIFF)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

Cast

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  • Navid Layeghi Moghadam as Sina
  • Marzieh Khoshtarash as Nahid
  • Alireza Bagheri as Masoud
  • Mehran Khodaei as Ali
  • Elnaz Habibi as Ali's sister

Reception

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Writing for SBS Movies, Don Groves panned the film, noting "deficiencies in the screenplay" such as the "insipid, sullen protagonist plus a meandering, listless narrative and a disappointing lack of tension or engagement with the characters."[3] The film nevertheless won the Best Director award at the 2010 Dushanbe Film Festival.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Rainy Seasons (2010)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  2. ^ "Rainy Seasons". IFFR. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  3. ^ "Rainy Seasons Review". SBS Movies. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  4. ^ "Rainy Seasons". Persian Film Festival Australia. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
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