A Film by Dariush Mehrjui
Hamoun is a psychological comedy/drama about
a bumbling Iranian intellectual, Hamid Hamoun. Trying and failing to complete
a philosophical tract on love, Hamoun cannot seem to convince his wife Mashid,
who is a successful artist, to love him either. Hamoun's refusal to accept reality,
or grant Mashid a divorce, is both character study and metaphor for a condition
of modern urban life in Iran.
In 1997, Hamoun was voted the best Iranian film
ever made by a survey of Iranian film critics. The Cow had
previously held that honor.
"A pulsating and richly human story." -Hollywood Reporter
"An extraordinary blend of comedy and despair, philosophical" -New
York Press
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