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Border Cafe: Global Lens Collection

A Film by Kambozia Partovi

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Description

Border Café is part of The Global Lens Collection.

A young widow takes over her late husband's truck stop café, keeping hidden in the kitchen so as not to cause a scandal in Iran's conservative society. But her brother-in-law, out of familial obligation, wants to take her as a wife and also take over the café. Meanwhile a Greek trucker who is a frequent café customer, is slowly entranced - at first by her sublime cooking ability, and then by her.

From the screenwriter of The Circle, Iran's 2007 Oscar Submission.


What the Critics are Saying

"Masterful, elegant...Partovi has become perhaps Iran's most impressive screenwriting voice...successfully dramatizing a woman's dilemmas. "- Variety

""Follows in the footsteps of 'Big Night', 'Tampopo' and other excellent movies made particularly memorable for their integration of food in the story." - Cinema du Parc (Canada)

"One of the most enjoyable and original films to come out of Iran in recent years."
- UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies


Links

The Global Film Initiative


Features and Specifications

Bonus materials:
  • Discussion Guide which includes: Director Biography
  • Essay on Film Aesthetics
  • Essay on Narrative Themes
  • About Iran

Format: DVD
Release Year : 2005
Running Time: 105 minutes
Color: Color
Language: Farsi, Greek, Turkish & Russian w/English subtitles


  

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