Rhino Season

Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Writer: Bahman Ghobadi
Cast: Behrouz Vossoughi, Monica Bellucci, Yilmaz Erdogan
Language: Farsi
Theatrical Release Date: September 12, 2012
Festivals: Toronto International Film Festival

Synopsis: After thirty years spent in prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel finally walks free. Now the one thing keeping him alive is the thought of finding his wife Mina, who thinks he is long dead and has since moved to Turkey. Sahel sets out on an Istanbul-bound search. [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]

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First Images Of Monica Bellucci In Bahman Ghobadi's 'Rhino Season'

The director behind such fare as "A Time For Drunken Horses," "Turtles Can Fly" and "No One Knows About Persian Cats," Iranian helmer Bahman Ghobadi might be ready for his biggest audience yet, with his latest animalistically titled "Rhino Season."
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Marrakech ‘12 Review: Bahman Ghobadi’s ‘Rhino Season’ Makes Good On Neither The Politics Nor The Poetry Of Its Premise

Having caused something of a stir with his roughshod, guerilla-style 2009 docudrama about the Iranian underground music scene “No One Knows About Persian Cats,” director Bahman Ghobadi appears to have done a stylistic 180 with his new movie “Rhino Season.” Inspired by the story of a Kurdish poet fri...
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