Lakeland Community College
Spring 2009 International Film Series presents
Choice & Circumstance
Films are FREE & Open to the Public. All films have English subtitles. Films contain mature themes and are not suitable for all audiences. Evening showings feature a brief introduction by a local scholar and are preceded by a dinner (fee) at 6:00 p.m.
The Willow Tree, Iran, 2005
DIRECTOR: Majid Majidi
CAST: Parviz Parastui, Roya Teymourian, Melika Eslafi
RUNNING TIME: 96 minutes
RATING: Unrated
LANGUAGE: In Persian with English subtitles
Story: Blind since childhood, Youssef has a devoted wife, loving daughter, and successful university career, but his affliction fills him with secret torment. A Paris clinic restores his sight - a miracle that is double-edged. Although this new world of sight and color floods Youssef with ecstasy, it also plunges him into a labyrinth of confusions and temptations. Majidi fashions this story into a powerful parable of sight and insight, using Youssef’s condition both as a resonant metaphor for life’s second chances and as a source of breathtaking images seen through his reawakened eyes.
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