A Wedding Suit + Case No. 1, Case No. 2 at The Cinematheque

New Restoration
KIAROSTAMI: TWO SHORT FEATURES

A WEDDING SUIT (LEBASI BARAYE ARUSI)
Iran 1976
Abbas Kiarostami

“In this neorealist comedy about the nature of friendship and the importance of money, a woman orders a new suit for her son to wear to a wedding. The tailor’s apprentice and his two teenage friends covet the fetching ensemble, and hatch a plan to borrow it for the night just to see how it feels—a plan that of course goes comically (and suspensefully) awry as the clothing passes among the trio, threatened by mishap at every moment” (TIFF).

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CASE NO. 1, CASE NO. 2
(GHAZIEH-E SHEKL-E AVAL, GHAZIEH-E SHEKL-E DOU WOM)
Iran 1979
Abbas Kiarostami

Two versions of a classroom discipline situation are dramatized in Kiarostami’s fascinating (and politically charged) documentary, started under the Shah but completed in the early days of the Islamic Revolution. In one case, a group of students refuses to rat out a troublemaker in their midst to the teacher; in the other, a pupil fingers the culprit. The director then asked several prominent Iranian figures to comment on the outcomes. “A seemingly simple classroom struggle between teacher and students becomes an absorbing lesson in solidarity, ideology, and resistance in Kiarostami’s gripping documentary . . . Astoundingly, many of the interviewees would become key figures—or victims—of the revolution” (Jason Sanders, Pacific Film Archive).

October 28 (Monday) 8:15 pm

Adult $12
Student / Senior $10

Restricted to 18+
$3 annual membership required

“And Life Goes On: The Films of Abbas Kiarostami”
The singular cinema of the Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016), one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of the past three decades, is celebrated with this near-comprehensive retrospective.
https://thecinematheque.ca/series/and-life-goes-on-the-films-of-abbas-kiarostami

WHERE IS THE FRIEND’S HOUSE?
(KHANEH-YE DOUST KOJAST?)
October 18 (Friday) 6:30 pm
October 20 (Sunday) 4:30 pm
October 21 (Monday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/where-is-the-friends-house

AND LIFE GOES ON
(ZENDEGI VA DIGAR HICH)
October 18 (Friday) 8:15 pm
October 20 (Sunday) 6:30 pm
October 24 (Thursday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/and-life-goes-on

THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES
(ZIR-E DARAKHTAN-E ZEYTON)
October 19 (Saturday) 6:30 pm
October 20 (Sunday) 8:20 pm
October 24 (Thursday) 8:20 pm
October 27 (Sunday) 4:00 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/through-the-olive-trees

CLOSE-UP (NAMA-YE NAZDIK)
October 19 (Saturday) 8:30 pm
October 23 (Wednesday) 6:30 pm
October 27 (Sunday) 8:10 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/close-up

KIAROSTAMI FOR KIDS! PROGRAM 1
October 20 (Sunday) 11:00 am
Special Ticket Price:
$6 (+ free popcorn) for kids 13 and under
$10 for everyone else!
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/kiarostami-for-kids-program-1

HOMEWORK (MASHGH-E SHAB)
October 21 (Monday) 8:10 pm
October 27 (Sunday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/homework

THE TRAVELLER (MOSAFER) +
THE BREAD AND ALLEY (NAN VA KOUTCHEH)
October 23 (Wednesday) 8:30 pm
October 28 (Monday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/the-traveller-bread-alley

KIAROSTAMI: TWO SHORT FEATURES
A WEDDING SUIT (LEBASI BARAYE ARUSI) +
CASE NO. 1, CASE NO. 2
(GHAZIEH-E SHEKL-E AVAL, GHAZIEH-E SHEKL-E DOU WOM)
October 28 (Monday) 8:15 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/kiarostami-two-short-features

TASTE OF CHERRY (TA’AM-E GILAS)
November 1 (Friday) 6:30 pm
November 2 (Saturday) 8:45 pm
November 6 (Wednesday) 8:10 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/taste-of-cherry

THE WIND WILL CARRY US (BAD MA RA KHAHAD BORD)
November 1 (Friday) 8:30 pm
November 2 (Saturday) 6:30 pm
November 3 (Sunday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/the-wind-will-carry-us

ABC AFRICA
November 3 (Sunday) 8:45 pm
November 4 (Monday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/abc-africa

FIVE DEDICATED TO OZU (PANJ)
November 4 (Monday) 8:15 pm
November 6 (Wednesday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/five-dedicated-to-ozu