When Pomegranates Howl (2021)
Shot on the streets of Kabul, Granaz Moussavi’s (My Tehran For Sale) outstanding new feature is in the tradition of the great child-centred works of the 1980s when filmmakers such as Kiarostami, Panahi and Amir Naderi (to whom this film is dedicated) were putting Iranian cinema in the forefront of world production. 9-year-old Hewad is an irrepressible, street-smart kid who is energetically working every angle, hustling everything from pomegranate juice to amulets to protection from the evil eye. His real ambition is to be a movie star, and this comes a step closer when he meets an Australian photographer. But in a city where every family has a member who has been “martyred,” the streets are as perilous as they are vivid. Australia’s recent involvement with Afghanistan has been mixed, to say the best. The deeply-felt humanism of this film might just be our most effective contribution to that troubled country.
Director:
Granaz Moussavi
Writer:
Granaz Moussavi
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Arafat Faiz as |
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Elham Ayazi as |
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Andrew Quilty as |
| Sound | Tapio Liukkonen | Foley Artist |
| Directing | Granaz Moussavi | Director |
| Production | Baheer Wardak | Producer |
| Writing | Granaz Moussavi | Screenplay |
| Editing | Shima Monfared | Editor |
| Camera | Behrouz Badrouj | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Nima Nabilirad | Editor |
| Production | Marzieh Vafamehr | Producer |
| Production | Christine Williams | Producer |
| Editing | Elias Azizi | Editor |
| Sound | Hossein Alizadeh | Music |
| Editing | Ali Akhavan | Editor |
| Editing | Ali Azizi | Editor |