Mama's Guest (Mehman-o-Maman)
Iranian New Wave cinema icon Dariush Mehrjui crafts an apparently artless tale with beguiling skill and mastery. The arrival of her nephew and his new bride throws poor Mrs Effat into a crisis. Her larder is too meagre to do them honour and she is too proud to lose face. Through self-pity and manipulation, she eventually involves her entire bickering apartment complex in her dilemma. But what begins as comedic farce evolves into something more compassionate: we come to understand each neighbour's struggle and means for coping. All may be poor and even willfully self-deluded, but for one night at least, they create a small miracle of food and happiness on behalf of Mrs Effat's guest.
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When
8:30 PM Sunday, 20 February
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Greater Union - Cinema 2
Ticket Price
Full price $14
Industry $12
SPU Concession $10
As Part Of
General FeaturesAbout Mama's Guest
104 minutes35mm
In Farsi with English subtitles
Print Source
Cinewest
Vahid Vahed
director@cinewest.org.au
Awards
Best Film, Fajr International Film Festival 2004Festivals
Fajr 2004Fort Lauderdale 2004
Göteborg 2005
About the Director
Dariush Mehrjui
Dariush Mehrjui was born in 1939 in Tehran. In the early 1960s he studied cinema at the UCLA in California and, upon returning to Iran, founded the literary magazine Pars Review. His second feature, The Cow (1969), brought him national and international recognition and signalled the emergence of the New Iranian Cinema. Mehrjui has been making quality cinema of all genres ever since and his films have many national and international awards.
Filmography
Mama's Guest (2004)Bemani (2002)
The Mix (2000)
The Lady (1999)
The Pear Tree (1998)
Leila (1996)
Detective Yahya (1995)
Pari (1995)
Sara (1993)
The Tenants (1990)
Hamoun (1990)
Shirak (1988)
The School We Went To (1980)
The Cycle (1978)
Mr Naïve (1970)
The Postman (1970)
The Cow (1969)
Diamond 33 (1966)