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The River's End

Original title: Gav khuni
  • 2003
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
448
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The River's End (2003)
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A young man leaves his birthplace, Isfahan, to come to capital city ,Tehran, to forgot his childhood memories. He is the storyteller and he tarts revealing his dreams which have been started... Read allA young man leaves his birthplace, Isfahan, to come to capital city ,Tehran, to forgot his childhood memories. He is the storyteller and he tarts revealing his dreams which have been started a few months after the death of his father. In these dreams father persuades him to go to... Read allA young man leaves his birthplace, Isfahan, to come to capital city ,Tehran, to forgot his childhood memories. He is the storyteller and he tarts revealing his dreams which have been started a few months after the death of his father. In these dreams father persuades him to go to the Gav Khuni Swamp.

  • Director
    • Behruz Afkhami
  • Writers
    • Behruz Afkhami
    • Jafar Modaress Sadeghi
  • Stars
    • Ezzatolah Entezami
    • Bahram Radan
    • Bahareh Rahnama
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    448
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Behruz Afkhami
    • Writers
      • Behruz Afkhami
      • Jafar Modaress Sadeghi
    • Stars
      • Ezzatolah Entezami
      • Bahram Radan
      • Bahareh Rahnama
    • 2User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Ezzatolah Entezami
    Ezzatolah Entezami
    Bahram Radan
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    Bahareh Rahnama
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    Sorush Sehhat
    Sorush Sehhat
    Arash Majidi
    Sasan Parsi
    • Director
      • Behruz Afkhami
    • Writers
      • Behruz Afkhami
      • Jafar Modaress Sadeghi
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    8corrosion-2

    Daring & Hypnotic

    Gavkhuni is a bold and daring experiment by its director Behruz Afkhami. I can not recall any other Iranian movie like it. It is as though a novel has been brought to the screen verbatim; just adding scenery to the novel being narrated with hardly a word of dialogue.For the first hour we don't even see the co-leading actor (Bahram Radan) only hear him narrating the story. The other leading actor, Ezatollah Entezami (who is magnificent) is seen but only speaks a few words. Comparioson with Lynch, specially Mullholland Drive, are apt. Gavkhuni plays with the audience on the subjects of memory, fantasy and truth and lets them sort out the puzzle. It will not be everybody's cup of tea but I found it riveting and hypnotic.
    10payamv

    Lynchish experience!

    What a movie. Just finished watching this great flick and I am stunned by the fact that I'd failed to notice this movie earlier. Great performance by Ezatollah Entezami (as usual) and great support by Bahram Radan, especially the narrative part of his acting.

    As Lynch's masterworks, at the end the audience struggles to connect the dots and to decide what really happened. All the credits to the writer Jafar Modaress Sadeghi and the director Behruz Afkhami. Painting like and well portrayed scenes of Esfehan in spring and winter marches through your screen and combined with the melancholic soundtrack, it truly takes you into a journey through the city. I for one did not dare to blink during the whole movie afraid missing a frame.

    10+

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    • Release date
      • 2003 (Iran)
    • Country of origin
      • Iran
    • Official site
      • sourehcinema
    • Language
      • Persian
    • Filming locations
      • Tehran, Iran
    • Production company
      • Picture World
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      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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