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- MOVIE page: Pard (2013)
- Rate: 7.1/10 total 147 votes
- Runtime: 106 min
- Stars: Kambuzia Partovi, Maryam Moqadam, Jafar Panahi | See full cast and crew
- Jafar Panahi (screenplay)
Story:
Produced By:
- Jafar Panahi known as producer
- Hadi Saeedi known as executive producer
- Kambuzia Partovi known as Writer
- Maryam Moqadam known as Melika
- Jafar Panahi known as Himself
- Hadi Saeedi known as Melika's Brother
- Azadeh Torabi known as Melika's Sister
- Abolghasem Sobhani known as Agha Olia
- Mahyar Jafaripour known as Younger Brother
- Ramin Akhariani known as Worker #1
- Sina Mashyekhi known as Worker #2
- Siamak Abedinpour known as Worker #3
- Zeynab Kanoum known as Herself
Production Companies:
- Jafar Panahi Film Productions
Pard (2013) Review by Radu_A from Germany
When the world's most famous banned-from-work film-maker manages todefy the authorities which imposed the ban, and for the second time inthe row, one cannot help but admire so much courage and the film inquestion automatically becomes an event. Unlike his previousdocumentary/essay 'This is not a film', which was smuggled out of Iranon a USB stick inside a cake, 'Pardé' lists actor/screenwriter KamboziaPartovi as co-director, so technically, Panahi didn't violate the ban;Partovi was, not surprisingly, awarded the Silver Bear for bestscreenplay.
Naturally there was a lot of anticipation at the Berlinale regarding'Pardé', and just as naturally quite a few critics were disappointedwith the result, which they described as being too cryptic. However, ifyou know Panahi's works, it will come as no surprise to you that'Pardé' contains many symbols and metaphors which require muchthinking, elaboration, and may be interpreted in contradicting, yetequally relevant ways.
As for the story: an elderly man arrives at a seaside villa andimmediately proceeds to cover the windows with black cloth, so that nolight can be seen from outside. He then releases a cute little dog fromhis sports bag... why did he keep it there? I'd humbly ask futurereviewers from abstaining to describe the story much further, for thisis one of those films which can only be enjoyed when you do not knowtoo much about them.
'Pardé', filmed within three days, is a marvel of psychological filmmaking and easily the most personal film Panahi has ever done. The onlyfilm I remember in which a film-maker conveys so much of his interiorto the spectator would be Polanski's 'Le Locataire'. Of course,Panahi's film, shot on a shoestring budget inside his own holidayhouse, cannot compare in terms of visual opulence, but given the modestmeans at his disposal, it manages to share a surprisingly vast scope ofideas and emotions - if you are familiar with his situation andprevious work. If you are not, there's a good chance that you will findthis film too opaque.
Pard (2013) Review by JvH48 from Amersfoort, The Netherlands
I saw this film at the Berlinale 2013 film festival, as part of theofficial Competition section. In October 2011 I saw a predecessor "ThisIs Not A Film" in the Ghent film festival 2011, made by the same filmmaker under very constraining circumstances, among which a pending 6years prison sentence, plus a 20 years ban on making films. In spite ofsome reviewers who found that one a bit boring, I was positivelysurprised that someone was able to make a compelling film within theconfines of a single apartment. Nothing much happened but still enoughto maintain my attention span, and more importantly forced me to thinkabout judicial systems in some countries where I don't really want tolive.
Given that, I may have expected too much and must admit mydisappointment in "Closed Curtain". Nevertheless, the first ¾ hour waspromising. It pulled you in the story at once, as per the outline inthe synopsis on the festival website, in which situation anything canhappen.
Our main character had every reason to hide, and particularly the doghe owned. These reasons were very obvious, clearly demonstrated on a TVprogram where we saw what happened with dogs, being declared contrabandby the regime, showing that harsh measures were taken to kill them all.
The intruding couple was hence not very welcome. But he could not sendthem away either, apparently also on the run like himself. The"brother" half of the couple disappeared after a while, promising tocome back soon, and he got stuck with a woman he knew nothing about.She could be a spy or have an otherwise hidden agenda, especially whenshe started talking about "having made reports about people like you"(but immediately lowered the tension, by stating it was her formerjob). For what reason she was on the run, did not become clear. Sameapplies to her "brother" who disappeared shortly after their intrusion.
Suddenly, after an hour, we find ourselves in a frame story,aforementioned two people now becoming just actors in a play. At thatmoment, I lost track of what the film maker was trying to get across.The Berlinale website links to a press conference, where was mentionedthat he had trouble writing scripts, which was his reason to hide inthe remote villa in an attempt to get some progress. He had good ideasbut could not put these on paper. But (as per the press conference) theintention of the frame story was to serve as a vehicle to visualize thescreenplay, rather than putting it in words, something he always hadtrouble with.
As a take away, I heard a notable dialog with a friendly neighbor, whosays "There is more to life than work There are other things too." Hisresponse: "Yes, but those things are foreign to me." In a nutshell,this speaks volumes about the drive of this film maker, who continueswith making films against all odds and defying all constrainingcircumstances.
All in all, I understand that many of us feel with film makers andother creative people who have to work under conditions unlike in ourWestern nations. This I see reflected in most other reviews andarticles about this film. But still, though I found "This Is Not AFilm" surprisingly full of content, contrary to many reviews I've seenat the time, this "Closed Curtain" one left me stuck in the middle,after a compelling ¾ hour that demonstrated very well how people livein a suppressed country. But a script writer with a writer's block as asubject does not appeal enough to fill the rest of the running time. Imay have missed an important clue, however. That must be the case,since this film received a Silver Bear award for best script from the2013 Berlinale International jury.
Pard (2013) Review by octopusluke from Denmark
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Directed alongside fellow Iranian and the criminally underratedfilmmaker Kambuzia Partovi, Panahi's latest manifests the samevehemence for the tyrannical Iranian government as in last year'sdeconstructionist documentary This Is Not A Film. His first full lengthfeature film since 2006′s brilliant Offside, Closed Curtain is a moreaggressively political comment on the creative restrictions he hasbestowed on him, and his unrelenting perseverance to conquer them.
With the Iranian government banning citizens from owning dogs asdomestic pets (harrowingly, a true sanction), an unnamed screen-writer(played expertly here by co-director Partovi) flees to a remotebeachside villa with his furry best friend, a beautiful little dogcalled 'Boy'. In constant fear that he will be caught – with the dogleft for dead – the erratic scribe quite literally shuns the outsideworld, barricading the doors and blacking out the windows. Stuck intheir new, isolated sanctuary, the man and dog are paid an unexpectedvisit by two young Iranians (Maryam Moqadam and Hadi Saeedi). Like ourhero, they too are on the run from corrupt state officials.
Forty-five minutes in, the austere, naturalistic situation is dispelledby an indulgent second half with many increasingly odd moments. Theseinclude the visionary's quintessential reflexive streams ofconsciousness moments; a break in the fourth wall with Panahi's jarringon-screen presence; and a discombobulating critique on the veryunorthodox nature of filmmaking and hiding from the reality that liesbeyond the camera lens. Some of these moments are unnerving in all theright, satirical ways, whereas some of these 'experiments' are sodispiritingly chaotic that one would think they were coming fromfilmmakers of far younger vintage.
In one particularly seething encounter, a friend of Panahi's suggeststo the on-screen director that there is more to life than work; towhich the candid director suggests that all other things are 'foreign'to him. After countless censorship cases and one two year long housearrest, it's perhaps unsurprising that Jafar Panahi is so entrenched in– and haunted by – his nefarious creations that he has become removedto the life outside. Stuck on a critical parapet, Closed Curtain takesa panoptic glance at silenced Iranian society, without ever feelinglike he is gallantly speaking for it as he has done previously withCrimson Tide and The Circle. The result means that this clunky socialcommentary feels like it can only resonate in an audience of a similardistance – that of a Scandinavian film festival, perhaps – rather thanthe homegrown audience he has become the audacious patron of.
Despite an endearing first half, the drama wallows for too long inopaque political allegories and slight-of-hand trickery. Consideringthe limitations and policing these filmmakers encounter on a dailybasis, it seems churlish to quarrel about the film's production values.Even still, it must be noted that Closed Curtain has some of the mosthorrendous sound recording and mixing I've witnessed in recent memory.
Forgetting these flaws, there is one half of an exceptional, poeticdrama hiding behind the curtain here. An alienated chamber piece,Panahi and Partovi highlight the grave situation facing artists andfreedom of expression in an otherwise oppressive Iranian regime. For,as long as they continue to fight the system from within and makefilms, I am happy to watch and recommend them.
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