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Be Calm and Count to Seven

13th(2008) A Window on Asian Cinema

Family · Crime/Violence · Love/Romance · Tradition  

  • CountryIran
  • Production Year2008
  • Running Time88min
  • Format Digi Beta
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
On an island in southern Iran, a boy named Motu lives with his mother and his aphasic sister. His father was lost at sea and his brother-in-law died the day after his wedding; ever since then Motu’s sister has not been able to speak. The boy supports his family by smuggling, and his intermediary is his one and only confidant. Motu waits for his father, searching for any kind of information that leads to him. He even decides to smuggle himself onto a boat to find his father but the plan couldn’t be materialized. The film ends with a saying that relates to the desire of islanders whose family members are lost at the sea: if one gives water to a dry tree, the wind will send his desire to the missing family. Director Ramtin Lavafipour crosses the desire of Motu and the wife of the intermediary (who doesn’t actually appear in the film) and it amplifies the conflict and frustration between them. Both eagerly desire to reunite with family members but it disappears like a sea breeze. (KIM Ji-Seok)
Director
Director
Ramtin Lavati
Ramtin Lavafipour was born in 1973 in the south of Iran. He started his artistic career with an interest in photography during high school. He soon joined the Young Cinema Society. He continued his education by studying filmmaking at the IRIB University in Tehran. He has made several documentary and short films and won numerous international awards. [Be Calm and Count to Seven] is his first fiction feature.
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Credit
  • Director Ramtin Lavati 람틴 라바티
  • Producer Ramtin LAVAFIPOUR
  • Cast Hedayat HASHEMI, Omid ABDOLLAHI
  • Screenplay Ramtin LAVAFIPOUR
  • Cinematography Reza TEYMOURI
  • Production Design Ramtin LAVAFIPOUR
  • Editor Ramtin LAVAFIPOUR
  • Sound Arash GHASEMI
  • Music Dariush NAMDAR ZANGENEH
  • Production Company Ramtin Lavafipour
    Unit 14, No 20, Mina Alley, Meysam ST., Payambar Ave., Ashrafi esfahani Blvd., TEHRAN, IRAN

  • World Sales Ramtin Lavafipour
    Unit 14, No 20, Mina Alley, Meysam ST., Payambar Ave., Ashrafi esfahani Blvd., TEHRAN, IRAN