Dog Sweat (ON DEMAND)
DIRECTED BY - Hossein Keshavarz
IndiePix Price: $3.99
RUNTIME - 90 minutes
RATING - Not Rated
YEAR - 2010
GENRES - drama, glbt, international
Film Info
Using the subversive urgency of cinema verite, the lives of six young people intertwine in present day Iran. Misunderstood by their families and oppressed by conservative Islamic society, they act out their personal desires behind closed doors. A feminist finds herself in an affair with a married man, new lovers search for a place to be physically intimate; a gay man is faced with an arranged marriage; a female pop singer risks exposure; and a grief-stricken son lashes out at fundamentalists.
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|---|---|
| Ahmad Akbarzadeh | Hooshang |
| Tahereh Esfahani | Nicki |
| Bagher Forohar | Dawood |
| Rahim Zamani | Homan |
| Shahrokh Taslimi | Massoud |
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Awards
- Grand Jury Award for Narrative Film (Winner)
2010 Austin Film Festival (Austin, United States) - Someone to Watch Award (Nominee)
2011 Independent Spirit Awards (Santa Monica, United States) - Special Jury Prize (Winner)
2011 Nashville Film Festival (Nashville, United States) - Special Plaque of the President of the Italian Republic for the film which best emphasizes human and social values (Winner)
2010 Rome International Film Festival (Rome, United States)
Press
“A STUNNING FILM ABOUT IRANIAN REBELS...THE COURAGE SHOWN BY KESHAVARZ AND HIS CAST AND CREW SPEAKS FOR ITSELF” - Hollywood Reporter
“A VERY CONTROVERSIAL AND FASCINATING MOVIE” - David Ansen, LAFF Artistic Director and former Newsweek film critic
“PROVIDING A REMARKABLE INSIGHT INTO WHAT DAILY LIFE IS LIKE FOR YOUNG IRANIANS STRUGGLING TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES” - BBC News