FILMS/
A FEW DAYS LATER . . .
New Directors
Iran, 2006, 78 minutes
SHOWTIMES
Fri, Apr 27 / 07:15 / PFA / FEW27P
Sun, Apr 29 / 12:15 / Kabuki / FEW29K
Mon, Apr 30 / 06:45 / Kabuki / FEW30K
CREDITS
- dir
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Niki Karimi
- prod
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Mohammad-Reza Takhtkeshian
- scr
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Shadmehr Rastin
- cam
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Hossein Jafarian
- editor
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Sepideh Abdolvahab
- mus
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Peyman Yazdanian
- cast
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Niki Karimi, Ehsan Amani, Niloufar Khoshkholgh, Hessam Nourani, Alireza Anoushfar
- source
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Sheherazad Media International, 2, 3rd Savestan, Pasdaran Street, Shariati Avenue, 16619 Tehran, Iran FAX: +98-21-22-85-89-62 EMAIL: katysha@dpimail.net
In her second narrative feature, Iranian writer/director/actress Niki Karimi presents a gorgeous minimalist portrait of a woman crushed by indecision. At first it seems that 34-year-old graphic designer Shahrzad goes about her daily life—working, driving, listening to phone messages—with placid ease, but her surface stillness masks a maelstrom of weighty decisions she desperately wishes to avoid making. Shahrzad is contemplating leaving her boyfriend, with whom she is raising a disabled son. At the same time, her father is very ill. Although boyfriend, son and father loom large in Shahrzad’s psyche, these characters appear infrequently. Instead, the film's focus is firmly on Shahrzad as she grows distracted at work, watches TV as a deadening means of avoidance, ignores persistent phone messages and repeatedly drives her car to the same lookout point. Her supervisor is unhappy with her latest work, an obnoxious neighbor constantly parks his SUV in her space and she must transfer her son to a new hospital. Despite her best efforts to maintain solitude and inertia, she eventually must contend with some tough choices. Karimi’s style shows the influence of Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami, with whom she has worked. Like her previous feature One Night, A Few Days Later. . . tells a gripping story of personal choice amid a vividly depicted social and cultural milieu.
—Laurie Koh
U.S. Premiere.