Filmek
Derakhte badam
Almond
Iran
Director: Mokhtar MASOUMIAN
23 min. 2013,
with dialogue, Kurdish, English subtitled
Distributor: Sattar Chamani Gol
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Producer: Mokhtar Masoumian
Screenplay: Asaad Faridi, Azar Mansouri
Cinematographer: Salah Karimi
Editor: Kamran Jahedi
Cast:
Shabbo Solaimany
Jamal Imani
The story is about a girl who gets a problem because of an old Tradition (Circumcision). Now at the beginning of her marriage, some other Social problems appear. The Almond Tree is the story of Awat, a girl who encounters with Traditions and enters a new world full of adversities. Circumcision Of girls is performed among traditional society of lran, in some rural regions along The Borders .This is about our contemporary Tradition-modern challenges and depicts a small Part of what is suffered unwontedly because of old Traditions in our country.
Mokhtar MASOUMIAN
My name is Mokhtar Masoumyan from Iran-Kurdistan- Mariwan. I was born in 1974. in 2000 I began directing and acting professionally. I have attended the Milan Festival –Italy- with “ The Odour of The White Shirt” (short) , “The Night Patrol” and “Angel”.