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Interview with Ali Asgari for Divine Comedy presented at 2025 Doha Film Festival. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com.
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Timestamps:
0:58 - You had mentioned Nanni Moretti connection in Venice...and I would you say that using this comedy as a primary lens for addressing restrictions, the absurdity of bureaucracy is a sub-genre speciality itself the filmmakers from Iran are specialists in?
5:08 - You employ the long take - talk to me about using this as the film's visual language.
7:33 - It's fun to see Sadaf here - tell me about inserting her in this film with this kind of character ..
9:16 - Tell me about how Bahram Ark and Bahman Ark integrated themselves into the film.
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CREDITS
Producers: Milad Khosravi, Ali Asgari
Director: Ali Asgari
Screenplay: Alireza Khatami, Bahram Ark, Bahman Ark, Ali Asgari
Cinematographer: Amin Jafari
Editor: Ehsan Veseghi
Production Designer: Melika Gholami
Costume Designer: Melika Rostami, Melika Gholami
Music: Hossein Mirzagholi
Sound: Abdloreza Heydari
Cast: Hossein Soleimani, Mohammad Soori, Amirreza Ranjbaran, Faezeh Rad
IONCINEMA.com is a media outlet featuring daily news, reviews and interviews in American indie, world cinema, documentary film & film festivals. Our motto: We heart subtitles!
Interview with Ali Asgari for Divine Comedy presented at 2025 Doha Film Festival. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com.
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Let us know what you think of Ali Asgari's Divine Comedy - leave your comments below!
Timestamps:
0:58 - You had mentioned Nanni Moretti connection in Venice...and I would you say that using this comedy as a primary lens for addressing restrictions, the absurdity of bureaucracy is a sub-genre speciality itself the filmmakers from Iran are specialists in?
5:08 - You employ the long take - talk to me about using this as the film's visual language.
7:33 - It's fun to see Sadaf here - tell me about inserting her in this film with this kind of character ..
9:16 - Tell me about how Bahram Ark and Bahman Ark integrated themselves into the film.
CONNECT with IONCINEMA.com
Visit our website: ioncinema.com
Twitter: twitter.com/ioncinema
Facebook: facebook.com/ioncinema
Instagram: instagram.com/ioncinema
CREDITS
Producers: Milad Khosravi, Ali Asgari
Director: Ali Asgari
Screenplay: Alireza Khatami, Bahram Ark, Bahman Ark, Ali Asgari
Cinematographer: Amin Jafari
Editor: Ehsan Veseghi
Production Designer: Melika Gholami
Costume Designer: Melika Rostami, Melika Gholami
Music: Hossein Mirzagholi
Sound: Abdloreza Heydari
Cast: Hossein Soleimani, Mohammad Soori, Amirreza Ranjbaran, Faezeh Rad
IONCINEMA.com is a media outlet featuring daily news, reviews and interviews in American indie, world cinema, documentary film & film festivals. Our motto: We heart subtitles!
