Global Lens 2008: The Fish Fall In Love

Iran, 2006, 96 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Foreign, Romantic Comedy
Language: Persian English Sub-Titles

Mon, March 31 - Wed, April 2
Atieh's singular passion is food, and her small but popular restaurant on the sleepy Caspian coast is her pride and joy. But when Aziz, a former lover, appears after a twenty-year absence with the intention of closing the restaurant, Atieh prepares his favorite dishes, one after the other, in a desperate effort to convince him otherwise. Loosely based on the Persian fable of Shahrazad and the Thousand Myths (A Thousand and One Nights), director Ali Raffi uses the language of food to paint a richly textured portrait of life and love on the southern coast of Iran.

DIRECTOR: Ali Raffi
US Distributor: Global Film Initiative

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