Chess of the Wind
This rediscovered jewel of Iranian cinema has reemerged as one of the most astonishing works of the country’s prerevolutionary New Wave. A hypnotically stylized murder mystery awash in period atmosphere, Chess of the Wind unfolds inside a candlelit mansion, where a web of greed, violence, and betrayal ensnares potential heirs as they vie for control of their matriarch’s estate. Melding the influences of European modernism, gothic horror, and classical Persian art, Mohammad Reza Aslani crafts an exquisitely restrained mood piece that erupts into a subversive final act in which class conventions, gender roles, and time itself are upended with shocking ferocity.
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Cast
- Mohamad Ali Keshavarz
- Haji Amou
- Fakhri Khorvash
- Lady Aghdas (Little Lady)
- Shohreh Aghdashlou
- Kanizak, handmaiden
- Akbar Zanjanpour
- Ramazan, older nephew
- Shahram Golchin
- Shaban, younger nephew
- Hamid Ta’ati
- Commissar
- Aghajan Rafii
- Doctor
- Anik Shefrazian
- Nanny
Credits
- Director
- Mohammad Reza Aslani
- Written by
- Mohammad Reza Aslani
- Producer
- Bahman Farmanara
- Director of photography
- Houshang Baharlou
- Set design
- Houri Etesam
- Editor
- Abbas Ganjavi
- Composer
- Sheyda Gharachedaghi
- Costume designer
- Manouchehr Safarzadeh
- Makeup
- Nahid Pezaeshkan
- Camera
- Farrokh Majidi
- Sound
- Valod Aghajanian
- Sound
- Mostafa Mostafazadeh
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