Noora

Noora
Directed by	Mahmoud Shoolizadeh
Produced by	Javad Zahiri (I.R.I.B, Ch1)
Written by	Mahmoud Shoolizadeh
Starring	Mohammad Abassi Masoomeh Yousefi Farhad Aeesh Maedeh Tahmasebi
Music by	Majid Entezami
Cinematography	Farzad Jodat
Edited by	Jila Ipakchi
Release date	2002
Running time	84 min.
Country	Iran
Language	Persian, with English subtitles

Noora (The Kiss of Life) is the first fiction film directed by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh, it has participated in major international film festivals and has won many awards. This film is the story of a ten-year-old boy who lives with his father, mother, little sister and grandmother in a cottage in one of the jungles in the north of Iran. His little sister became paralyzed in an accident. All the family members start an endeavour to solve the problem, but the boy selects a special way and shows his iron will facing the difficulties. The two children can recognize a new meaning for life in the process of the story. They reach tranquility through their spiritual ascension. This film is now available on YouTube in Persian language with Hungarian subtitles.

Noora is simple and without any mysterious complexity. The story, characters and their relations are all simple. It starts with a childish play of a brother (Niaz) and sister (Noora) and then continues in huge developments in their lives. Through passing too many difficult barriers, these lovely children, reach the peak of perfection. Niaz, the ten-year-old child experiences the pain of being kind. He grows like a grain and blossoms.

I tried my best to utilize the visual and technical elements that are suitable for the contents of the story. Using the minimum dialogue and transferring the sense and condition by image, utilizing the nature for transferring the concepts, producing a natural, real and live invironment are parts of my goals in making this film in order to create a real belief for the viewers.

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