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A Few Kilos of Dates for a Funeral (2006)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 25M

Director : Saman Salur

Synopsis

The film is set around three protagonists. Two run a gas station on the outskirts of town, on a road that gets next to no traffic anymore, and so they get next to no customers. They live and work out of a decrepit van on site, its windows covered in plastic. Sadry is a former strongman, now blind in one eye. He is the boss of the station. Yadi is his eager to please assistant, who usually annoys more than pleases. Finally there is the postman, Abbas, who longs to trade in his brakeless bicycle for a motorcycle, while he must care for his mentally ill brother.

Actors

Mohsen Tanabande
Mohsen Tanabande
Sadri
Mohsen Namjoo
Mohsen Namjoo
Abbas
Nader Fallah
Nader Fallah
Yadi
Mahmoud Nazaralian
Mahmoud Nazaralian
Orooj

Crews

Saman Salur
Saman Salur
Director
Saman Salur
Saman Salur
Writer
Touraj Aslani
Touraj Aslani
Cinematography
Saman Salur
Saman Salur
Editor
Alireza Farsijani
Alireza Farsijani
Editor

Posters and backgrounds

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