Gabbeh
by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Iran
Script: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cinematographer: Mahmoud Kalari
Editing: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Sound: Mojtaba Mirtahmassebi
Music: Hossein Alizadeh
Cast: Shaghayeg Djodat, Hossein Moharami, Roghieh Moharami, Abbas Sayahi
Production: Sanyé Dasti, MK2
Distribution:
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Year: 1996
35 mm, Colour, 75 min,
OV Farsi with French Subtitles
Un Certain Regard - Cannes Film Festival 1996
In southern Iran, nomadic tribes, who are gradually disappearing, are famous for their woven gabbeh…
A gabbeh is a genuine form of a Persian carpet where the very inventive patterns are inspired by the life of the tribes, their landscapes, their love stories…
On the river bank, an old woman is washing a gabbeh and seems to talk with the extraordinary carpet. From its patterns, the image of a young woman named Gabbeh appears to tell her love story.
The director initially meant to shoot a documentary. While spending time with the tribe, he made a story and a feature film.
“I feel today that there is a resemblance between a gabbeh and a good Iranian film…Both are simple, tender, close to nature or daily life.”