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Israfil (2017) is a Persian movie. Ida Panahandeh has directed this movie. Pejman Bazeghi,Hediyeh Tehrani,Hoda Zeinolabedin,Merila Zare'i are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2017. Israfil (2017) is considered one of the best Drama,Romance movie in India and around the world.
Mahi is a widow mourning the death of her only son. One day she bumps into Behrouz, her teenage sweetheart, who had left Iran following the scandal of his relationship with her. Despite their families' objections, the previous relationship begins to re-assert itself. Mahi, however, finds out that Behrouz is emotionally involved with a young woman, Sara, who in turn learns of her fiance's previous love. Sara is now in two minds about marrying Behrouz and emigrating to Canada. On the horns of these emotional entanglements the three characters have to make decisions not only about their emotions, but also their future lives.
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Israfil (2017) Reviews
One of best Iranian movies made in last 10 years
Israfil is a description how inhumane cultural norms ruin individual lives. We either accept those norms and become someone we are not or challenge them to stay ourselves, but a price needs to be payed for it. I admire Ida for her effort for being able to create the real feeling of an small city Iranian society in her movies without exaggeration.¨ I could feel the movie, I am going to feel this movie during the next days and a long night walk in silence is needed after watching this. Highly recommended
An unremarkable adaptation of a novel
To me, this is a failed adaptation of Naomi Alderman's novel: Disobedience! Since I saw both movies over a short span of time, so comparison was inevitable. Trying hard to make this a possibility in the current atmosphere of Iran, the plot seems to have lost the major essence of the original story. Successfully going from lesbian love in the Jewish faith to heterosexual love in a Muslim context, especially one with the unfair limitations imposed by the Iranian government, takes a lot of writing and directing skills. I think Ida Panahandeh has a long way to go before she's there, but still, this is an admirable start...