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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. [1] The film was screened only once before the 1979 revolution in Iran and was accompanied by a negative reception. After being rediscovered in 2020, the film ...

  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.

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    • Drama, Mystery, Thriller
    • Mohammad Reza Aslani
    • 2021-08-18
  3. Oct 29, 2021 · The world “Chess of the Wind” describes is a hierarchy, typical of sclerotic monarchies, as stratified as a layer cake. At the top are the formality-encased aristocrats, Lady Aghdas’ circle, including a group of ladies who look like wide-eyed exotic birds perched on a branch at a zoo. Beneath them are people—mainly men—trying to boost ...

  4. Oct 28, 2021 · This 1976 movie arrives in New York with an ideal restoration narrative. “Chess of the Wind” was made in Iran and screened only briefly before being banned in the tense period leading up to ...

    • 93 min
    • Glenn Kenny
  5. Chess of the Wind. This rediscovered jewel of Iranian cinema has reemerged as one of the most astonishing works of the country’s prerevolutionary New Wave. A hypnotically stylized murder mystery awash in period atmosphere, Chess of the Wind unfolds inside a candlelit mansion, where a web of greed, violence, and betrayal ensnares potential ...

    • Haji Amou
  6. Jul 20, 2022 · A story of deceit and intrigue set in a feudal mansion following the death of a matriarch, Chess of the Wind focuses on the various plots to gain the deceased’s assets at any price, even murder. The sense of friction that builds through the film also existed in Iran. The same regressive elements forced the film into oblivion following its ill ...

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  8. Sep 28, 2022 · The Glorious Miniature of an Upheaval. By Ehsan Khoshbakht. Essays —. Sep 28, 2022. W hen Chess of the Wind premiered in November 1976, at the fifth Tehran International Film Festival, nobody knew what to make of it. A mix-up in the order of the reels at the first of three screenings—either a technical issue or a deliberate act of sabotage ...

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