THE ACCORDION
Official Selection - Special Event
Iran 2010, 9’, HD, colour
directed by Jafar Panahi
produced by the NGO ART for The World
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under the auspices of the United Nation's Alliances of Civilizations and the Council of Europe
with the partecipation of SESC, Sao Paulo, (Brazil) and ARTE France
co produced by Dorje Film (Rome)
and with the support of the Cultural Department of the City of Geneva (Switzerland)
and the Region Emilia Romagna, Cineteca di Bologna, Solares Fondazione delle Arti, Parma (Italy)
synopsis
Two young buskers in Tehran, a boy and a girl, have their accordion confiscated as the
result of an incident. "The Accordion is the story of humankind’s materialistic need to survive in a pretentious religion. In it, a boy is prevented from playing for reasons of religious
prohibition, which he accepts in order to survive. But the main character of the film is the
girl or, perhaps, in my view, the symbol of the next generation. In her ideal world she realizes
man’s need for survival and decides to avoid the violence and share her small income with
someone else who is also in need." (Jafar Panahi)One of the most celebrated Iranian and international artists compresses his storytelling and reflections in a short film that not only captures Tehran today, but also serves as a metaphor on violence, tolerance and hope. It was, in fact, Jafar Pahani's vitality and courage here that sparked our passions most. However, the director would not have conceived this splendid "short story" were it not for backing from the wonderful utopia that is the omnibus film Then and Now, dedicated to overcoming barriers and differences and produced by Art for the World with support from the United Nations. We further await to see and applaud The Accordion in its final "home," alongside works from other great directors, including Tata Amaral, Fanny Ardant, Faouzi Bensaidi, Sergei Bodrov, Isabelle Coixet, Mahanat-Saleh Haroun, Hüseyin Karabey, Masbedo, Murali Nair, Guka Omarova, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Abderrahmane Sissako and Robert Wilson. (Giorgio Gosetti)
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