The Peddler

Name: The Peddler
Genre: Drama
Released: 1989-03-26
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 7.10
Cast: Farid Koshan Falah, Jafar Dehghan, Behzad Behzadpour, Mahmoud Basiri

– The movie consists of three episodes that explore the lives of poor and desperate in Iran. In episod..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.10 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 35 Minutes

Release Year:

1987

Original Name:

دستفروش

The Peddler (1987) - Also known as دستفروش

The movie consists of three episodes that explore the lives of poor and desperate in Iran. In episode one, a very poor couple with many crippled children abandon their newly born baby in hopes that it will have a better future. In the second episode, a mentally impaired and isolated young man tries to take care of his senile mother who is almost dead. In the third episode, a cowardly and desperate peddler tries to escape from his boss.

Producing Country:

Iran

Filming Locations:

Iran

Genre:

Drama

Release Date:

26 Mar 1989

Language:

Persian

Directed by:

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Story Written By:

Alberto Moravia, Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Main Actors:

Farid Koshan Falah, Jafar Dehghan, Behzad Behzadpour, Mahmoud Basiri

Plot:

Consisting of three separate stories, the director explores "Man" as a theme: birth, life and death, to present a sometimes comic, sometimes tragic portrait of life at the bottom of the socio-economic pile.

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.1/10

#Cripple

#Caretaker

#Abandoned Baby

#Anthology

#Insanity

#Poverty

#Mother Son Relationship