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Gabbeh (1996)
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
In Iran, a gabbeh is a colourful woollen carpet woven by the women of sheep-herding nomadic tribes. In this visually gorgeous film, Gabbeh (Djodat) is also a young woman prevented from marrying her horseman suitor by her father, who keeps coming up with lame excuses about her uncle needing to find a bride first, or his own wife having to give birth to their latest child. On one level, the film functions as fascinating ethnographic semi-documentary; on another, as a study in storytelling, both traditional and modern(-ist). Gabbeh, herself a figure depicted in a carpet, relates her tale of love and frustration to an ancient, bickering couple who may just be her future self and her lover. The tone is at once lyrical and epic, charming and whimsical.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Producer: Khalil Daroudchi, Khalil Mahmoudi
Cast: Shaghayegh Djodat, Hossein Moharami, Abbas Sayahi, Rogheih Moharami, Parvaneh Ghalandari, Hassen Kermi full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 74 mins
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