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Dominican Rep. Fifi Howls from Happiness
- Original title
- Fifi az khoshhali zooze mikeshad
- Year
- 2013
- Running time
- 96 min.
- Country
Iran- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Documentary, Self: Bahman Mohassess, Mitra Farahani
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Iran-France-United States;
- Genre
- Documentary | Painting. Biography
- Synopsis
- Bahman Mohassess was a celebrated artist at the time of the Shah. Trained in Italy, he created sculptures and paintings in his homeland. But audiences often took offence at the pronounced phalli on his mostly naked bronze figures and his work was regularly censored. All traces of him were lost after the revolution. It was said he destroyed his remaining paintings and disappeared.
Mitra Farahani, who began her career as a painter, finds Mohassess in a hotel in Rome. The old man is flattered by her interest in his life but also has very clear ideas about how his words and life should be illustrated. His unshakeable humour is nevertheless infectious and his critical faculties fascinating. Almost incidentally, the topic moves towards art and homosexuality. Farahani wants to film Mohassess at work and discovers two brothers who commission a new piece from him. Enlivened by the encounter with these two young Iranian collectors, the artist energetically discusses his grand plans and drives a hard bargain for his last work of art.
- Awards
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2014: BAFICI: Best Film
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