| Imagine | |
|---|---|
| تصور | |
| Directed by | Ali Behrad |
| Written by | Ali Behrad |
| Produced by | Javad Norouzbeigi |
| Starring | Leila Hatami Mehrdad Sedighian Sama Savaar Hadi Ahmadi Mohammad Khaksari |
| Cinematography | Alireza Barazandeh |
| Edited by | Emad Khodabakhsh |
| Music by | Alireza Afkari |
| Distributed by | Khaneh Film Filimo (Online release) |
| Release dates | June 7, 2023 September 5, 2023 (Online release) |
| Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | Iran |
| Language | Persian |
| Box office | 1,704,876,000 Toman |
Imagine (Persian: تصور) is a 2020 Iranian drama and romantic film directed and written by Ali Behrad, and produced by Javad Norouzbeigi. The original title of the film was Herman, and it was filmed from March 2021 to April 2021. The main actors in the film are Leila Hatami and Mehrdad Sedighian.
Plot
Imagine tells the story of a young taxi driver, set in a fantasy and dreamlike atmosphere, who picks up women with similar faces every night and listens to their stories. The young man falls in love with a woman who is a baker, but is unable to express his love to her. Therefore, he starts fantasizing about her, creating empty spaces in the narrative that the audience is responsible for filling in.
Festivals
Imagine was one of the seven films selected to compete in the International Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival 2022. It was also shown at the Kabourg Film Festival, the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Bucharest Film Festival, and the Jakarta World Cinema Week.
References
- "Tasavor Imagine / Imagine". Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- "لیلا حاتمی با «تصور» به جشنواره کن میرود؛ عناوین فیلمهای هفته منتقدین اعلام شد". ir.voanews.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- "Celluloid Dreams | Imagine". www.celluloid-dreams.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-07.