Tehran Times reported that the producer Mohammad-Hossein Qasemi said on Saturday “I have received a fax from the organizers asking to screen ‘Track 143’ in their upcoming festival,” .
Directed by Narges Abyar, the movie is currently competing in the 32nd Fajr International Film Festival. Based on a poll conducted by the organizers, “Track 143” is the most popular film of the festival up to now.
The film is scheduled to be screened at Iranian movie theaters during this summer, Qasemi added.
Abyar directed the film based on a book of the same name she previously wrote.
It tells the story of Olfat, a woman who is waiting for her son, who has been missing in action since the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, to return home.
Merila Zarei, Mehran Ahmadi, Gelareh Abbasi, Yadollah Shademani and Javad Ezzati starred in the film.
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Publish Date: 9 February 2014 - 08:37
TEHRAN, Feb. 9 (MNA) – The organizers of the 20th Los Angeles Film Festival has asked to screen the Iranian war drama “Track 143” in the competition section of the event, which will be held in June 2014.