Please Do Not Disturb

2010 Iranian film

October 10, 2010 (2010-10-10) (PIFF)
October 20, 2010 (2010-10-20) (Iran)

Running time

80 minutesCountryIranLanguagePersian

Please Do Not Disturb (Persian: لطفاً مزاحم نشوید, romanized: Lotfan mozahem nashavid) is a 2010 tri-segmented Iranian anthology film written and directed by Mohsen Abdolvahab, starring Baran Kosari in the lead role. It is produced and cinematographed by Mohammad Ahmadi. It is Abdolvahab's first full length feature film.^[1]

It was critically well acclaimed and has won many accolades, including the Silver Award at the 18th Damascus International Film Festival.^{[citation needed]} It was premiered at the 28th Fajr International Film Festival, and was internationally released in 2010 at 15th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea.^{[citation needed]} It was screened at the 7th Dubai International Film Festival,^[2] and was the inaugural film at the International Film Festival of Kerala.^[1]^[3] It was also screened at the International Film Festival of India.^[4]

Synopsis

The film is set in contemporary Tehran, and portrays the city life in three distinctive episodes of sentiment, sensitivity and wit.^[5]

Cast

Hedayat Hashemi as Clergy
Hamed Behdad as TV Repairer
Baran Kosari as Roushanak
Shirin Yazdanbakhsh as Old Woman
Mohsen Kazemi as Akbar
Afshin Hashemi as Bahram
Majid Forughi as Taxi Driver
Lili Farhadpour as Married Woman
Hadi Amel as Abdarchi
Ali Amel as Soldier

References

^ ^a ^b "Inaugural film: 'Please Do Not Disturb'". Indian Express. Retrieved 2 December 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Entry at Dubai International Film Festival Archived 2010-12-23 at the Wayback Machine. Dubai International Film Festival
^ "'Please Do Not Disturb' Opening Film Of 15th IFFK". Yentha.com. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
^ Glimpses of contemporary Iranian cinema at IFFI. WebIndia. Retrieved 27 November 2010
^ "Festival History". Damascus International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2010-12-10.