''The Scent of Joseph's Shirt'' ( fa, بوی پیراهن یوسف, Buy Pirâhan Yusof) is a 1995 war and

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

written and directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia, Iranian director, who is described as "of the most outstanding directors of war genre." The film is on the

Iran–Iraq War The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Council ...

prisoners of war. In an interview, Hatamikia said that the film portrays his perception of the concept of the reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi.

Plot

Daei Ghafoor is a taxi driver whose son is said to have been killed during the

, but he does not believe it. Despite all the evidence pointing to the death of his son, Yousef, he still is waiting for his return. One day, Daei Ghafoor meets a woman, Shirin, in the airport. Shirin has returned to Iran from Europe to find her brother, Khosrow, a missing soldier in the war. Both begin looking for their loved ones.

Cast

Ebrahim Hatamikia in Fajr International Film Festival 05

The following actors played role in the film: *

Ali Nasirian Ali Nassirian ( fa, علی نصیریان; born 4 February 1935) is an Iranian actor and director. He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh and a Hafez Awards, Hafez Award. Film career He first appeared in a supporting ...

* Hasan Pourshirazi * *

Niki Karimi Niki Karimi ( fa, نیکی کریمی; born November 10, 1971) is an Iranian actress, director, screenwriter and producer. Regarded as "the most prominent figure among the young generations coming after the Iranian Revolution", she has received v ...

Shirin Bina Shirin ( fa, شیرین; died 628) was a Christian wife of the Sasanian King of Kings (''shahanshah'') Khosrow II (). In the revolution after the death of Khosrow's father Hormizd IV, the General Bahram Chobin took power over the Persian empire. S ...

Reception

In an interview, Ebrahim Hatamikia said he was asked why he would not make a film on

Imam Mahdi The Mahdi ( ar, ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, al-Mahdī, lit=the Guided) is a messianic figure in Islamic eschatology who is believed to appear at the end of times to rid the world of evil and injustice. He is said to be a descendant of Muhammad wh ...

, a question to which he replied: "I have created that; ''The Scent of Joseph's Shirt''! ...it was the movie portraying my perception of the ''

awaiting ''Awaiting'' (; lit. "The Day Min-woo Arrives") is a 2014 South Korean short film written and directed by Kang Je-gyu, starring Moon Chae-won and Go Soo. It is one of four short films comprising ''Beautiful 2014'', the third annual omnibus proje ...

'' concept." According to Shahram Jafarinejad, a

film critic Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular mass-media outlets ...

, ''The Scent of Joseph's Shirt'' deals with ''awaiting'' and ''awaiters''.

Mohammad Ghouchani Mohammad Ghouchani ( fa, محمد قوچانی, born 22 September 1976 in Rasht) is an Iranian journalist. He has served as editor-in-chief of various reformist print media, many of which have been banned by the authorities. Early life and edu ...

, Iranian journalist, said: "...no movie had been able to portray the concept of ''awaiting'' as much as ''The Scent of Joseph's Shirt'' did... ." ''The Scent of Joseph's Shirt'' is the first "female-centric movie" by Hatamikia and features a "strong female central character".

Music

The

film score A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

is produced by

Majid Entezami Majid Entezami ( fa, مجید انتظامی) (born 9 March 1948) is an Iranian composer, conductor, musician and oboist. He composed music for 9 television series, 10 suite symphonies and over 80 movies. His works include The Cyclist, The Fate ...

, Iranian composer, and musician.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scent of Joseph's Shirt, The 1995 films Iranian war drama films Prisoners of war in popular culture Films about families