Duet (2006 film)

Duet
Directed by	Kiarash Anvari
Produced by	Kiarash Anvari Mostafa Anvari Sadaf Foroughi Farzaneh Sabetkasaie
Written by	Kiarash Anvari
Narrated by	Kiarash Anvari
Starring	Kiarash Anvari Siavash Mazloumipour Salar Jahangard
Music by	Christophe Rezai
Cinematography	Reza Teimouri
Editing by	Babak Anvari
Studio	Sweet Delight Pictures
Distributed by	Iranian Independents
Release date(s)	August 28, 2006 Palm Springs International Film Festival June 14, 2007 Festival Signes de Nuit, Paris September 27, 2007 Bite the Mango Film Festival
Running time	16 minutes
Language	Persian
Budget	Iranian rial:40,000,000 $4,100 (appx)

Duet is an 2006 Iranian short mockumentary, filmed in Damavand, Iran and written and directed by Iranian born filmmaker Kiarash Anvari.^[1]

Plot

A retired veteran of the 8 year Iran-Iraq war, paralyzed from injuries suffered in that conflict, struggles to bring peace to the world through a miracle after the attacks on the World Trade Center in September 2001. The ritual he performs depends on the help of his brother... a man who does not believe in miracles.

Cast

• Kiarash Anvari as Narrator
• Siavash Mazloumipour as Paralyzed Soldier
• Salar Jahangard as Brother
• Habib as Afghan kid
• Zahra as Afghan kid

Festivals

The film has had multiple international screenings since its release: Palm Springs International Short Film Festival (2006)^[2], the 13th annual Bite The Mango Film Festival in 2007,^[3][4], the 5th Matsalu Nature Film Festival in 2007^[5], and the 5th Signes de Nuit International Film Festival in Paris in 2007^[6]

References

Official website

1. ^ Culture Unplugged, Festival specials: Duet (2006), accessed 01-22-2009
2. ^ Duet (2006) at Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, accessed 01-22-2009
3. ^ Bite The Mango Film Festival, accessed 01-22-2009
4. ^ National Media Museum, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK, Duet (2006)] at Bite the Mango International Film Festival, accessed 01-22-2009
5. ^ 2007 Matsalu Nature Film Festival, accessed 01-22-2009
6. ^ 5ème Festival Signes de Nuit (French) Google translation, Duet (2006), accessed 01-22-2009

External links

• Culture Unplugged
• Duet at the Internet Movie Database