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Istgah-Matrouk

Istgah-Matrouk

2002Movie⏱️ 1h 28mNot Rated
Drama
6.6
IMDB Rating
707 votes

On a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major town. The husband, a photographer, seeks help at a nearby village and encounters a teacher who offers to help. Whilst the husband and...

Director
Alireza Raisian
Writers
Abbas Kiarostami, Kambuzia Partovi
Stars
Leila Hatami, Nezam Manouchehri, Mehran Rajabi
Release Date
May 13, 2003
Language
Persian
Country
Iran
🏆 2
Wins
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 5
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Leila Hatami
Leila Hatami
as Mahtab - The Wife
👤
Nezam Manouchehri
as Mahmoud - The Husband
Mehran Rajabi
Mehran Rajabi
as Feizollah
Mahmoud Pakniat
Mahmoud Pakniat
as The Signal Guard
👤
Mohsen Behdaneh
👤
Mohammad Beigy

💰 Box Office

$18,867
Worldwide Gross
$18,867
Domestic Gross
$841
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color
Filming Location
Iran
Production
Farabi Cinema Foundation, Iranian Independents

🏷️ Keywords

teachertrainschooliran

🎯 Categories

PersianDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Reviewers missed the point
by NormHolland2005-04-15
8/10

"The newspaper reviewers and the commentators above missed the point, I think. Over and over again, the film develops the contrast between things being motionless and stuck and being energetically in motion. We have the photographer (and photographs render things motionless) in his stuck car. We have the childless wife. This forlorn village. The train that moves and the abandoned and broken train. The teacher is constantly in motion, pushing the photographer on when he wants to wait for a cloud and the perfect picture. And the children are always running here and there, shouting and carrying on..."

📖 Synopsis

On a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major town. The husband, a photographer, seeks help at a nearby village and encounters a teacher who offers to help. Whilst the husband and...