Secret ballot / a Sony Pictures Classics release, in co-production with Rai Cinema and TSI-Televisione Svizzera ; a film by Babak Payami.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Payami, Babak, director, producer, screenwriter.
• Müller, Marco, producer.
• Abdi, Nassim, actor.
• Abidi, Cyrus, actor.
• Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), presenter.

Series:

• Academic Video Online

Language:

• English
• Persian

Subjects (All):

• Elections--Iran.
• Iran.

Genre:

• Feature films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (106 minutes)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 2001.

Language Note:

In Farsi with English subtitles.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

An unsuspecting soldier awakens to discover that he can forget about another uneventful day at his lonely seaside post. It's Election Day! A ballot box is parachuted down as a young woman pulls up to the shore of the remote island. To the soldier’s surprise, she’s actually the government bureaucrat in charge of local voting. The couple gets off to a rocky start since the soldier expects election agents to be men. Whether he wants to or not, the soldier is thrown into an elections adventure that just may put him out of a job. Orders from above force him to accompany the female agent in an army jeep across the island's dusty desert. The agent literally leaves no stone unturned in her search for ballots. Many a surprise lies along their route, as they find themselves in one absurd situation after another. So much can happen in a single day, especially when opposites attract. Views can change, hearts can melt. By sunset, a woman's idealistic notions can come back down to earth.

Participant:

Performed by Nassim Abdi, Cyrus Abidi

Notes:

• Title from resource description page (viewed January 05, 2017).
• Won 2002 Newport International Film Festival, Rhode Island Jury Award, Best Feature Film
• Won 2002 Rotterdam International Film Festival, Netpac Award - Special Mention
• Won 2001 Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Special Jury Award
• Won 2001 Valladolid International Film Festival, Best New Director
• Won 2001 Venice Film Festival, Netpac Award
• Won 2001 Venice Film Festival, OCIC Award
• Won 2001 Venice Film Festival Pasinetti Award, Best Film
• Won 2001 Venice Film Festival Silver Lion, Best Director
• Won 2001 Venice Film Festival Silver Lion, UNICEF Award

OCLC:

974313909