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Lotfi: Four Seasons (2015)

IT'S THE FINE SOUND THAT REMAINS

Genre : Documentary, Music, Drama

Runtime : 50M

Director : Alireza MirAsadollah

Synopsis

This Documentary takes a look at the art life of Maestro "MohammadReza Lotfi", the great master of "Târ", "Setâr"; great composer of Persian traditional music and the father of art of improvisation in "Dastgâh" music. by interviewing some of the greatest Iranian traditional music maestros and his close friends such as: MohammadReza Shajarian, Hossein Alizâdeh, Bizhan Kâmkâr, Houshang Ebtehâj (a.k.a Sâyeh), Majid Derakhshâni and a lot of other great musicians, the film narrates the life of Lotfi in 4 seasons of his life, from the spring until winter.

Actors

Mohammad-Reza Lotfi
Mohammad-Reza Lotfi
Himself
Mohammadreza Shajarian
Mohammadreza Shajarian
Himself
Hossein Alizadeh
Hossein Alizadeh
Himself
Houshang Ebtehaj (Sayeh)
Houshang Ebtehaj (Sayeh)
Himself
Sima Bina
Sima Bina
Herslef
Darvish Reza Monazzami
Darvish Reza Monazzami
Himself
Majid Derakhshani
Majid Derakhshani
Himself
Abdolnaqi Afsharnia
Abdolnaqi Afsharnia
Himself
Bijan Kamkar
Bijan Kamkar
Himself
Mohammad Motamedi
Mohammad Motamedi
Himself
Mohammad Ghavihelm
Mohammad Ghavihelm
Himself
Kourosh Taghavi
Kourosh Taghavi
Himself
Pooyan Beeglor
Pooyan Beeglor
Himself
Rebecca Djalili
Rebecca Djalili
Herself

Crews

Ali Farahani
Ali Farahani
Editor
David Wilkins
David Wilkins
Camera Department Manager
Abbas Afshar
Abbas Afshar
Painter
Alireza MirAsadollah
Alireza MirAsadollah
Director
Mohammad-Reza Lotfi
Mohammad-Reza Lotfi
Music

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