''Downpour'' ( fa, رگبار, italic=yes, ''Ragbār'') is a 1972 Iranian black and white movie directed by

Bahram Bayzai Bahrām Beyzāêi (also spelt Beizāi, Beyzāêi, fa, بهرام بیضائی; born 26 December 1938) is an Iranian playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, film editor, and '' ostād'' ("master") of Persian letters, arts and Iranian studies ...

Cast

Parviz Fannizadeh Parviz Fannizadeh ( fa, پرویز فنی‌زاده, January 27, 1938 – February 24, 1980) was an Iranian actor, film and television star. He was one of Iran's first method actors. Fanizadeh is best known for his roles as Mash Ghaasem in '' M ...

– Hekmati * Parvaneh Massoumi – Atefeh * Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz – Nazem * Manuchehr Farid – Rahim

About the film

Although the film circulated in various VHS and digital formats, mostly in poor quality, the only known surviving original copy of the film was a positive print with English subtitles in possession of the film maker; badly damaged with scratches, perforation tears and mid-frame splices. Restoration required a considerable amount of both physical and digital repair. Restored in 2011 by

Cineteca di Bologna The Cineteca di Bologna is a film archive in Bologna, Italy. It was founded on 18 May 1962. Since 1989, it has been a member of the Fédération internationale des archives du film (FIAF). It has been a member of the Association des cinémath ...

/L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with

The Film Foundation The Film Foundation is a US-based non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation and the exhibition of restored and classic cinema. It was founded by director Martin Scorsese and several other leading filmmakers in 1990. The foundation ra ...

World Cinema Project The World Cinema Project (WCP), formerly World Cinema Foundation, is a non-profit organization devoted to the preservation and restoration of neglected world cinema, founded by Martin Scorsese. History Founded in 2007 as the World Cinema Foundati ...

and Bahram Beyzai, the film drew quite some international attention and was shown in Italy and the US.

Martin Scorsese Martin Charles Scorsese ( , ; born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Scorsese emerged as one of the major figures of the New Hollywood era. He is the recipient of many major accolades, inclu ...

remarked: And Bahram Beyzai noted about his revisionist attitude that,

References

External links

*
''Downpour: Furtive Glances''
an essay by Hamid Naficy at the Criterion Collection 1971 films 1970s Persian-language films 1971 drama films Films directed by Bahram Bayzai Films with screenplays by Bahram Beyzai Iranian black-and-white films Iranian drama films 1972 drama films 1972 films {{Iran-film-stub