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Fish Fall in Love: Global Lens Collection
A Film by Ali Raffi

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Fish Fall in Love is part of The Global Lens Collection.

Atieh’s singular passion is food, and her small but popular restaurant on the sleepy Caspian coast of Iran is her pride and joy. But when her former fiancé Aziz appears after a twenty-year absence, she and her friends believe he intends to close the restaurant. So, Atieh prepares his favorite dishes, all sinfully delicious, and serves them to Aziz one after the other, in a desperate effort to convince him not to. Loosely based on the Persian fable of Shahrazad and A Thousand and One Nights, director Ali Raffi uses the language of food to paint a richly textured portrait of life and love in Iran.

WINNER! Best Film, Aubagne International Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION, Rotterdam & Seattle International Film Festivals
What the Critics are Saying

"Captivating! More than just a love story."- Houston Press

"Enjoyable!" - San Francisco Bay Guardian

"A mouth-watering, touching film about food, family and friendship."
- San Francisco Film Society

"Soulful... Enticing!" - San Francisco Chronicle

"An old-fashioned, seductive tale of thwarted romance, wonderfully shot and easy-going."
- Museum of Modern Art

Recommended Reading

Tales from the Thousand and One Nights by Anonymous

The Arabian Nights ed. Muhsin Mahdi

Links

The Global Film Initiative

Features and Specifications

Format: DVD
Release Year: 2006
Running Time: 96 minutes
Color: Color
Language: Persian w/English subtitles

  
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