Tofigh is a rich man with a large number of barrels and carts to distribute water, and in order to protect his interests through the exclusive distribution of water, he prevents any attempt by others in water distribution.
But a young man named Moslem stands up to him and tries to compete with him by using his small cart. Tofigh starts conspiracy and making trouble to outfight Moslem, first by threatening and breaking his cart, then beating and injuring him, killing his cart horse, etc...
Produced by: Nureddin Sabet Imani Music by: Babak Afshar Cinematography by: Gerium Hayrapetian Editing by: Hojjat Esmaeeli Makeup Department: Masoud Valadbeigi
The film tries to show that it is different from the common Iranian commercial films of its time. It is also claimed that, as a result of that idea, half an hour of the film was censored in the previous regime.
Water is the first film of its director. It was shown about two years after its production, which caused a productive conflict with the author of the script, Ahmad Mahmoud; Because Mahmoud believed that Kavosh had spoiled the script written by him with his production.
About this movie
Title: Ab | Water (1975)
Directed by: Habib Kavosh
Date of birth: 7 November 1944, Tehran, Iran
Date of death: 15 March 2019, Tehran, Iran
Writing credits: Ahmad Mahmoud, Habib Kavosh
Music: Babak Afshar
Year: 1975
Country: Iran
Language: Farsi
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 87 min.