Product Details

• Actors: Mitra Hajjar, Ali Nicksolat, Saeed Orkani, Zahra Jafari, Naser Madahi
• Directors: Rafi Pitts
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: Farsi
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: FACETS
• DVD Release Date: March 24, 2009
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B001OD8E3C
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,151 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant piece of work, August 20, 2008

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Richard K. Woodward (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It's Winter [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD)

The Edinburgh Film Festival screening I saw included a Q&A session with the director, Rafi Pitts, which gave extra insight into the artistry of this remarkable director (who sold his Teheran apartment to pay for the film). As is common in Iranian "new wave" or "neo-realist" cinema, all the cast except for the leading woman (a popular actress in Iran) were non-actors. The use of a professional for the role of the leading woman was part of Pitts' strategy to attract working-class viewers, since, as Pitts noted, it is difficult to make a film about working-class people in Iran which working-class people will actually go see. Similarly, this strategy lay behind the success of the scene in which the leading character, Marhab, talks for the first time to the leading actress. Marhab's shyness worked so well because the "actor" was genuinely embarrassed to be meeting a star in real life. One thing I don't understand in the reviews I have read elsewhere of this film is why Marhab is described by the critics as a "bad boy." This was definitely not Pitts' intention.

I look forward to seeing more from Rafi Pitts.