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Arbaʿīn

Arbaʿīn | اربعین

PersianDocumentary 20 min 1970

Arba’een is a short ethnographic documentary (shot in the southern port city of Bushehr) that observes the Shi’a commemoration held on the fortieth day after Imam Husayn’s martyrdom. Rather than explaining the ritual with narration, Nāṣer Taqvāʾī foregrounds the choreography of mourning, building an intense, sensory portrait of collective devotion and public emotion.

Director
Nāṣer Taqvāʾī
Writer
Cinematography
Mehrdād Fakhīmī
Editor
Nāṣer Taqvāʾī
Music
Production Company
National Iranian Radio and Television

Cast