Joy of madness / a film [written and directed] by Hana Makhmalbaf ; produced by Mohsen Makmalbaf.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Makhmalbāf, Ḥanā, 1988- director, author, director of photography.

Makhmalbāf, Muḥsin, producer.

Darvīshī, Muḥammad Riz̤ā, 1955- composer.

Dawson, Tom, interviewee.

Makhmalbāf, Samīrā, 1980-

Language:

English

Persian

Subjects (All):

Women.

Social conditions.

Afghanistan--Social conditions--21st century.

Afghanistan.

Women--Afghanistan--Kabul--Social conditions.

Afghanistan--Kabul.

Motion pictures, Iranian.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (71 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + leaflet (4 pages)

polychrome

Other Title:

Farsi title from Internet Movie Database: Lezate divanegi

Place of Publication:

London : Tartan, [2005]

Language Note:

Farsi dialogue with English subtitles.

System Details:

DVD, PAL, region 0.

digital

optical

PAL

video file

DVD video

Summary:

"Brilliantly capturing the many challenges that a film-maker faces when working under such harsh social and environmental conditions, this immensely revealing film offers an intimate and illuminating portrait of a remarkable film-maker triumphing over great adversity. ... [T]he film offers an uncompromising, provocative, and sometimes blackly funny insight into the fears, hopes, and courage of the women of Afghanistan"--Container.

Participant:

Samira Makhmalbaf.

Credits:

Cinematography, Hana Makmalbaf; editing, Mastaneh Mohajer; music, Mohamed Reza Darvishi.

Notes:

" ... the first feature film by 14-year-old Hana Makhmalbaf. Shot on digital video, the film follows Hana's older sister, Samira, as she makes her latest film 'At Five in the Afternoon' [Panj é asr] in war scarred Kabul ..."--Container.

Special features: At Five in the Afternoon trailer; interview with Tom Dawson (4 p. leaflet).

Related Work:

Makhmalbāf, Samīrā, 1980- Panj é asr.

OCLC:

60366501

Publisher Number:

TVD 3500 Tartan