Five films by the prominent filmmaker and screenwriter Sohrab Shahid-Saless (1944-1998) are to be screened in selected cinemas in Tehran, Shiraz, Mashhad, Kerman, Isfahan, Babol and Tabriz for five days from July 17.

The films include A Simple Event (1973), Grabbes, Last Summer (1980), The Willow Tree (1984), Hans - A Boy in Germany (1985), and Changeling (1987).

A documentary on the life of the director titled “Sohrab, A Journey” directed by Omid Abdollahi was released recently in cinemas across the country. It narrates the professional and personal life of Shaid-Saless during the production of two important movies in Iran’s cinema history: “Still Life” and “A Simple Event”. 

Source: Financial Tribune