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Directed by Amir Shahab Razavian Country Iran Director Amir Shahab Razavian | 7/10 IMDb Running time 102 minutes Initial release 6 July 2008 (Iran) Music director Dariush Taghipour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Shahbaz Noshir, Ezatollah Entezami, Saber Abar, Reza Khamseh, Roya Javidnia, Mirja Mahir, Hilda Ranjbaran, Maryam Meschian, Mozhgan Rabbany Release date March 14, 2008 (2008-03-14) Screenplay Amir Shahab Razavian, Mohammad Farokhmanesh, Armin Hofmann Producers Amir Shahab Razavian, Mohammad Farokhmanesh, Frank Geiger, Armin Hofmann Cast Ezzatolah Entezami, Saber Abbar, Shahbaz Noshir, Reza Khamse, Hilda Ranjbaran Similar Grand Cinema, Setareh Mishavad, Jang‑e naftkesh‑ha, Sattar Khan, Shirak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colors of Memory is a 2008 Iranian film directed by Amir-Shahab Razavian based on the events of the 2003 Bam earthquake. This film's original name is Minā-ye Shahr-e Khāmoush (مینای شهر خاموش), which may be translated as The Minā of the Silent Town.
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Plot
The film relates the story of a surgeon (Doctor Pārsā) who returns to Iran after living in Germany for 33 years. Arriving in Tehran, Doctor Pārsā performs a heart operation on the nephew of the family friend Mr Ghanāti. Mr Ghanāti urges him to travel with him to his home town, Bam. On the trip, they drive past the rubble and destruction and Pārsā remembers back to his childhood.
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Reception
The film was released at the Tiburon Film Festival on March 14, 2008. The film was praised by Canadian Online Explorer as "both celebratory and heartbreaking" and urged Iranians "to bring tissues."