Director: Maziar Bahari
Scriptwirter: M. Bahari
Cinematographer: M. Aladpoush
Editor:
Sound: S. Bagherpour
Music: C. Rezaei
Cast:
Production
Nasrine Médard de Chardon
14 chemin des chichourliers
06110 Le Canet
France
Tel. / Fax. : 0033 4 93 38 75 61
mail: [email protected]
Distribution:
Year: 1998
Betacam SP, Colour , 27 mn, OV Farsi
Paint! no Matter What is the intimate portrait of modern Iranian painter Khosrow Hassanzadeh who also works as a grocer in a fruit market in Tehran. The film shows Khosrow's family life, his interactions with his customers and his memories of the eight-year war with Irak. Khorow's family objection to his art makes him seek refuge at the grocery store at nights when he paints in solitude among the apples and oranges, melons and cucumbers. Khosrow's customers at his grocery include families of martyrs, Afghan refugees...They are also the primary source of inspiration for his paintings which mainly revolve around women and the war. His last series of paintings, War Diaries, are inspired by the memories of the war, martyrdom of his friends and his escape from death.
