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  1. Chess of the Wind (Persian: شطرنج باد, romanized: Shatranj-e Baad), also titled The Chess Game of the Wind, is a 1976 Iranian film written and directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani. The film was screened only once before the 1979 revolution in Iran and was accompanied by a negative reception.

  2. Aug 18, 2021 · Chess of the Wind: Directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani. With Fakhri Khorvash, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Akbar Zanjanpour, Shohreh Aghdashloo. The first lady of a noble house has died and now there is conflict between the remainders for taking over her inheritance.

    • (1.7K)
    • Drama, Mystery, Thriller
    • Mohammad Reza Aslani
    • 2021-08-18
  3. Oct 29, 2021 · Sheyda Gharachedaghi. An incisively devastating social critique embedded in a complex tale of intrigue, greed, oppression and murder. The film is also, and perhaps most strikingly, a stylistic tour de force.

  4. Oct 28, 2021 · Mohammad Reza Aslani’s 1976 film about family mendacity existed for mere days before it was banned and then lost in the ensuing tumult. Now it’s back.

    • 93 min
    • Glenn Kenny
  5. A hypnotically stylized murder mystery awash in shivery period atmosphere, Chess of the Wind unfolds in an ornate, candlelit mansion where a web of greed,...

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    • Fakhri Khorvash
    • Mohammad Reza Aslani
    • Drama
  6. Sep 28, 2022 · With Chess of the Wind, Aslani succeeded where Iranian society had largely failed: in finding a harmonious confluence of East and West, old and new. This can be seen in the way the film takes equal inspiration from Persian miniature and Western painting (in the luminous cinematography by Houshang Baharlou).

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  8. Nov 11, 2021 · A new 4K restoration of Chess of the Wind is now being released for American audiences. There is a pervading sense of claustrophobia in most of Chess of the Wind. A crumbling mansion, laden with rugs and ornate tapestry, reeks of old money.

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