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Shirin.2008.NTSC-DVDR

THEATER DATE....: 1/20/2010 (France) (USA)
RELEASE DATE....: 9/5/2010
STORE DATE......: 8/24/2010
GENRE...........: Drama
RATiNG..........: 7.2/10 (359 Votes)

RUNTiME.........: 95 Minutes
ViDEO BiTRATE...: Untouched
AUDiO BiTRATE...: DD 2.0 @ 192, Farsi
ASPECT RATiO....: 16:9
ARCHiVES .......: dvdr-shirin.rar *95x50MB*
DVD SiZE........: *4.37 GB* *4,477 MB* *4,584,348 KB*
SUBTiTLES.......: EN

Celebrated Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami directed this experimental feature in which, in the truest
sense, the audience is the star. Shirin was shot during a performance of a play based on Farrideh Golbou's
narrative poem Khosrow e Shirin, a love story in which an artist and an emperor both vie for the
hand of
a queen from Armenia. However, what is happening on stage is never seen; instead, Kiarostami trains his
camera on the women watching the performance (one of whom is French actress Juliette Binoche, while the
others are artists from Iran). We see the story as it is reflected in the reaction of the spectators, who
laugh, cry and become drawn into the emotions of the tale that is played out before them. Shirin was an
official selection at the 2008 Venice Film Festival.

Director            ...  Abbas Kiarostami

Mahnaz Afshar           ...        Woman in audience
Pegah Ahangarani           ...        Woman in audience
Taraneh Alidoosti   ...        Woman in audience
Juliette Binoche           ...        Woman in audience
Golshifteh Farahani ...        Woman in audience
Soraya Ghasemi           ...        Woman in audience
Fatemeh Gudarzi           ...        Woman in audience

The movie is untouched, but that didn't leave much room for the extras. Removed were two short films by
director Kiarostami and a bunch of previews. Kept was TASTE OF SHIRIN, (27:44@2861) a Making Of docu.

IMDB: http://former.imdb.com/title/tt1284587/
RETAIL DVD: http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=1538891

DVD REVIEW: http://www.dvdtown.com/review/shirin/dvd/8393
DVD COMPARISON REVIEW: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews47/shirin.htm