Fish & Cat | Mahi Va Gorbeh (2013)

Synopsis

A number of students have traveled to the Caspian region in order to participate in a kiteflying event during the winter solstice.

Next to their camp is a small hut occupied by three cooks who work at a nearby restaurant. The cooks are looking for some meat to cook and there’s no one around other than the young students.



The film is based on a true story about a restaurant that served minced human flesh for food and is shot in a single take. --VFF

Cast: Babak Karimi, Saeed Ebrahimifar, Abed Abes

Venice (Orizzonti)

MAHI VA GORBEH (FISH & CAT) by Shahram Mokri (Iran, 134’).

While camping in the Caspian region, some students end up sharing a cabin with three cooks. The latter are looking for meat for their restaurant, but the only meat there is on the students themselves. This film is shot in a single long take based on a true story. 

Shahram Mokri is a young Iranian director, born in 1977. He studied filmmaking at Teheran’s Soureh College. He made his directorial debut in 2009 with Ashkan, angoshtar-e motebarek va dastan-haye digar (Ashkan, the Charmed Ring and Other Stories), a film in which two blind men plan a robbery with the help of Ashkan, who wants to kill himself.

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Country: Iran
Language: Farsi
Color: Color
Runtime: 134 min.