Cinema
ولگرد
Mehdi Raisfiruz · 1952
Synopsis
Naser and Parvin lead a simple, happy life in Tehran, which the birth of a little girl completes. Jealous people then set about ruining Naser, and he falls so low that he no longer dares to go home, despite everything that binds him there. Seventeen years pass, in wandering and misery. One day, chance puts him back on the path of his wife and daughter; he no longer has the same face.
Context
The film was released in Azar 1331, that is in December 1952, and stayed three months in cinemas in Tehran. The engineer Mohsen Badi was its cinematographer, technical director and one of its producers, and his technique contributed greatly to the result; the songs are by Habibollah Badiei, whom the author was hiring for the first time. The author had noticed Naser Malek-Motiei in a photograph at the studio: the actor received his first fee there, and the following year was acting in the country's first colour film.
Who it is for
A melodrama in Persian, in black and white, with songs. It is worth knowing that the story spans seventeen years and that the viewer knows more than the characters throughout the second half.
Prizes and reception
The box-office record of its time, nearly four hundred thousand tomans, hailed by the press as the most accomplished Persian film; it made Naser Malek-Motiei a star.