“UNDER THE MOON LIGHT” (Zir Noor Mah)

SYNOPSIS:  Seyyed Hassan, a young seminary student, is preparing to don the clerical attire. While the other students are also busy with similar preparations, Seyyed Hassan’s supplies are stolen by a small boy. To identify the culprit, Seyyed Hassan sets out for the saburban area where he meets people who have never met a cleric and know nothing about the clerical profession. Under such unfamiliar circumstances, Seyyed Hassan acquires a new understanding of society and human beings.

Director’s View:  “I don’t suppose the film is significantly different from my irst picture. The principal features of the film are: (1) a simple and humane story, (2) a group of inexpressed players, (3) the same crew, with not much practice, but eager to experiment with new ideas, (4) a modest, unobtrusive camera technique, (5) self-effacing lighting, sound recording, make-up and art direction methods, (6) a central, realistic story with an almost transparent, invisible core, surrounded by a number of peripheral events which grow like branches from a central root, (7) a hopeful glance at the future which regards all unfortunate people in a humorous, satirical light, an adventure with nice people (of special interest to the critics), and (8) taking into account the tastes of the viewers, in particular the domestic audiences. Under the Moonlight has one advantage over The Child and the Soldier, namely the treatment of a special theme which had preoccupied me for years; and that is the theme of faith whose absence in the contemporary society has acquired the dimensions of a crisis.” Reza Mir Karimi

Iranian Film Society Presents “UNDER THE MOON LIGHT” a film by Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi

Hossein Pour Sattar, Hamed Rajabali, Mehran Rajabi, Mahmud Nazar Alian, Fereshte Sadr Orafai.

Director of Photography: Hamid Khozou’i Abyane Music: Mohammad Reza Aliqoli Production Designer: Reza Tarabi Editing: Nazanin Mofakham Art Director: Reza Torabi Sound-recording: Mohammad Mokhtari Sound Mix: Massud Behnam Make-up Artist: Saeed Malekan. Producer: Manouchehr Mohammadi Written and Directed by: Seyyed Reza Mir-Karim