- Pari (film)
Infobox Film
name = Pari (پری)
imdb_id = 0114092
director =Dariush Mehrjui
producer =Dariush Mehrjui ,Hashem Seifi
writer =J.D. Salinger (novel:Franny and Zooey ),Dariush Mehrjui
editor =Hassan Hassandoost
starring =Niki Karimi ,Ali Mosaffa ,Khosro Shakibai ,Melika Sharifinia
cinematographer =Ali Reza Zarrindast
music =Keivan Jahanshahi
released =1995
runtime = 115 min.
language = Persian"Pari" ("Persian: پری") is a 1995 motion picture directed by
Dariush Mehrjui . The film is an unauthorized "loose" adaptation ofJ. D. Salinger 's 1961 book "Franny and Zooey ". Though the film could be distributed legally in Iran since the country has no official copyright relations with the United States, [ [http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ38a.html Circular 38a] of the "U.S. Copyright Office"] Salinger had his lawyers block a planned screening of the film atLincoln Center in 1998.cite news |last=Mckinley |first=Jesse |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE2DD1330F932A15752C1A96E958260|title=Iranian Film Is Canceled After Protest By Salinger |publisher=The New York Times |date=1998-11-21 |accessdate=2008-03-22] Mehrjui called Salinger's action "bewildering," explaining that he saw his film as "a kind of cultural exchange."Plot
Pari is a student of literature at a university in
Tehran . She is a confident yet angry girl who is projecting her inner struggle by outwards aggression towards her tutor, her fiancé and her brother and she is on the verge of a nervous breakdown or a mental suicide.An old
sufi book by the name of "solook" helps take her on a journey to find herself and discover who she really is. Her brother helps her accomplish this goal.ee also
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Cinema of Iran References
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