Closed Curtain پرده | |
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Directed by | Jafar Panahi Kambuzia Partovi |
Written by | Jafar Panahi |
Produced by | Jafar Panahi Hadi Saeedi |
Starring | Kambuzia Partovi Maryam Moghaddam Jafar Panahi |
Cinematography | Mohamad Reza Jahanpanah |
Edited by | Jafar Panahi |
Production company | Jafar Panahi Film Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | Iran |
Language | Persian |
Box office | $27,091[1] |
Closed Curtain (Persian: پرده, Pardeh) is a 2013 Iranian docufiction film by Jafar Panahi and Kambuzia Partovi. It premiered at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival[2][3][4] on February 12, 2013[5] where Panahi won the Silver Bear for Best Script.[6] It was shot secretly at Panahi's own beachfront villa on the Caspian Sea. Panahi stated that he began shooting the film in a state of melancholy but managed to recover by the film's completion. Closed Curtain is Panahi's second film since his 20-year ban on filmmaking after 2011's This Is Not a Film.
The film was selected as the closing film of the 2013 Hong Kong International Film Festival.[7]