The charmers
Director: Abolfazl Jalili
2000

 
 



In a small city a father goes to a shrine and prays all night long after killing his son...
In Paris a doctor writes his thesis about the angels, their gender and their presence in the ancient literature of Iran and the west.
In a desert a teenager who has ran away from home meets an angel and his world changes...

 

 


First international presence: Swiss Locarno Festival, 2001, 54th festival

 



1. Special award of the board of juries from the 54th Locarno festival, Swiss, 2001
2. Special award of the board of juries and people's choice from the Tokyo Festival, Japan
3. Golden balloon award from the Nant Festival, France