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The Postman

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Original title

Postchi

Year

1972

Running time

107 min.

Country

Iran

Director

Dariush Mehrjui

Screenwriter

Dariush Mehrjui. Play: Georg Büchner

Cast

Music

Hormoz Farhat

Cinematography

Houshang Baharlou (B&W)

Producer

Studio Missaghieh

Genre

Drama | Satire

Synopsis

Taghi, a postman, lives with his beautiful young wife on his master’s land. He is sexually weak. His doctor is a vet who treats him with herbal medicines. The master's nephew is a young engineer who aims to establish a pig breeding farm on his uncle’s land. The young engineer sleeps with Taghi’s wife. Taghi’s ego is hurt because of humiliation and hard work. Mehrjui’s fourth film, The Postman, is a political satire based on Georg Buchner’s play, Woyzeck.

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The Postman

1972

Dariush Mehrjui