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The Key

Kelid

Iran

1987

85 Min
Color
Persian
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DIR Ebrahim Forouzesh

PROD Ali Reza Zarrin

SCR Abbas Kiarostami

DP Mohammad Aladpoush

CAST Mahnaz Ansarian, Abbas Jafari, Amir Mohammad Pourhassan, Emad Taheri

ED Abbas Kiarostami

Berlinale (14plus)

Synopsis

A mother sets out shopping leaving her small son and his baby brother alone in the family apartment. She instructs the boy to feed the baby the milk she has left in the bottle.. However the boy drinks half the milk himself, and gives some to the cat, finally spilling what’s left on the baby. When the baby starts to cry the noise attracts a worried neighbour who can’t gain access to the locked apartment. From then on things only get worse… —BFI

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Ebrahim Forouzesh

Born in Tehran in 1939 Ebrahim Forouzesh studied film and T.V directing at the college of Dramatic Arts. He started his carrer as a staff of the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in 1970. As the Manager of the cinematographic centre for seven years, he was responsible for the production of over 70 films, shorts, features and animations. —dreamlabfilms.com 

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