Abbas Kiarostami

The Chorus

The Chorus

An old man strolls through the noisy streets of Rasht, and when his hearing aid is knocked out of his ear, the film’s sound goes off, mimicking the silence that envelops him. At home, the same thing happens when he takes the device out, and Abbas Kiarostami intercuts his silent actions with the clamor of schoolgirls who try to get his attention from outside. Another Kiarostami meditation on the contrasts of silence and sound, age and youth, solitude and solidarity.

Film Info

  • Iran
  • 1982
  • 18 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.66:1
  • Persian

Available In

Collector's Set

Eclipse Series 47: Abbas Kiarostami—Early Shorts and Features

Eclipse Series 47: Abbas Kiarostami—Early Shorts and Features

Blu-ray Box Set

3 Discs

$55.96

The Chorus
Cast
Yoosef Moghaddam
Ali Asgari
Teymour
Credits
Director
Abbas Kiarostami
Writer
Javad Kahnamoui
Writer
Abbas Kiarostami
Cinematographer
Ali Reza Zarrindast
Producer
Abbas Kiarostami

Current

Abbas Kiarostami’s Early Shorts and Features: Poetic Solutions to Philosophical Problems
Abbas Kiarostami’s Early Shorts and Features: Poetic Solutions to Philosophical Problems

Though the first two decades of the Iranian filmmaker’s career have long been underappreciated, this fertile period yielded philosophical and restlessly innovative works that reinvigorated both documentary and narrative-fiction cinema.

By Ehsan Khoshbakht