Death is My Profession - Marg kasb va kare man ast (2011)

Synopsis

With an unintentional murder on their conscience flees two men through Iran's endless, snowy mountains. The one with his young daughter on his shoulders, the other chained to a weary and disheartened police officer.

They are unemployed, unable to support their families, and in desperation, they have committed an act that has tragic consequences.



The young Amir Hossein Saghafi delivers a surprisingly mature and stylish feature debut with 'Death is My Profession' - a film that balances the tension-saturated crime films and pessimistic social-realist drama.

Saghafi lets his characters wander painfuly through an endless blizzard against a seemingly unattainable goal, while he simultaneously merges a number of stories of longing and loss.

His picture of life in modern Iran is a nihilistic death dance, wrapped in a visually sumptuous film that mixes an interesting story with thinly veiled comments about the society it describes.

Those who have been anxious to throw themselves into the new wave of Iranian cinema, can safely start here.

Cast: Pejman Bazeghi, Amir Aghaei, Maryam Boubani, Sonia Espahram, Mahchehreh Khalili, Akbar Sangi, Ramin Rastad

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Country: Iran
Language: Farsi
Color: Color
Runtime: 90 min.