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A Simple Event (1974)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 20M

Director : Sohrab Shahid Saless
Writer : Sohrab Shahid Saless, Omid Roohani

Synopsis

The story of a ten years old Iranian schoolboy living with his mother and his father in Northern coasts of Iran. The boy helps his father in selling the latter's illegal fishing and helps his mother in shopping for her and bringing home water from a well. The three characters live together in only one room. Their life is austere. The boy eats only bread and milk every day... One day the boy's mother dies.

Actors

Hibibollah Safarian
Hibibollah Safarian
Mohammed Zamani
Mohammed Zamani
Ane Mohammad Tarikhi
Ane Mohammad Tarikhi
Hedayatollah Navid
Hedayatollah Navid

Crews

Sohrab Shahid Saless
Sohrab Shahid Saless
Director
Sohrab Shahid Saless
Sohrab Shahid Saless
Screenplay
Azadeh Abbasifar
Azadeh Abbasifar
Story
Omid Roohani
Omid Roohani
Screenplay
Naghi Ma'soomi
Naghi Ma'soomi
Director of Photography
Kazem Rajinia
Kazem Rajinia
Editor
Mohammed Sadeq Alami
Mohammed Sadeq Alami
Sound Mixer
Davoud Bagheri
Davoud Bagheri
Sound Recordist
Eshaq Khanzadi
Eshaq Khanzadi
Sound Recordist

Trailers and other movies

A Simple Event - In memory of Sohrab Shahid Saless/Music performed by Hesam Bahmani

Posters and backgrounds

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