21º Mostra Internacional de Cinema Competition New Filmakers
SEASON FIVE

Iran   

Season FiveThe two principal local families - the Jamalvandis and the Kamalvandis - have been enemies for so long, they can no longer remember the motive for the discord.

In spite of this, the story commences with a possibility of reconciliation: Karamat, a boy from the Kamalvandi fanily, and Mehrbanou, daughter of the Jamalvandi, are about to get married. It is, however, impossible to say that they are in love. The marriage is an imposition on the part of their parents for the sake of peace. And the inevitable occurs: the boy runs away, putting an end to the idyllic atmosphere to the extent that the girl's grandfather has a heart attack.

Some time later, Karamat returns to the village with a bus. The villagers had never seen anything similar and are enchanted by the novelty on its way to and from the town and the rivalry between both augments. One day the buses does not return from town. Mehrbanou then becomes aware of her true feelings towards here ex-fiancé. In her concern, she persuades both families to go in search of the boy and of the passengers, even though she does not know whether they are still alive.
 

     Director

DIRECTOR: Rafi Pitts
SCREENPLAY: Bahram Beyzaie
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Nemat Haghighi
EDITION: Hassan Hassandoost
CAST: Roya Nonahali, Ali Sarkhani, Parviz Poorhosseni, Ghorban Nadjafi
PRODUCER: Sophie Goupil
PRODUCTION: Le Poissant Volant
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Season Five
    Col., 80 min., 1997

Rafi Pitts

Graduated from Harrow College in London, with a degree in Cinema and Photography. His first short film, In Exil, is from 1991. Two years later, he was assistant director to French film maker Jacques Doillon, with the film Le Jeune Werther. In 1994, he directed a medium length film, Salandar, awarded a Special Prize by the Jury of the San Francisco Festival and the Prize for Best Film at the Belfort International Festival. Season Five is his first feature film.