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Death is my profession ( Iran 2011 )

Color: Fiction, color, 90’

Direction: Amir Hossein Saghafi

Screenplay: Amir Hossein Saghafi

Director of Photography: Nader Masumi

Music: Karen Homayunfar

Editing: Mastaneh Mohajer

Cast: Pejman Bazeghi, Amirhossein Moham-Maddaghaei, Maryam Boobani, Sonia Espahram, Mahchehreh Khalili, Akbar Sangi, Ramin Rastad

Synopsis

Three honest workers in a mountainous region of Iran can no longer meet the needs of their families and are forced to steal power lines’ cables to resell them. During one of these robberies, they accidentally kill someone and become fugitives.

Réalisateur

Born in 1986 in Tehran (Iran), he is attracted since his childhood by cinema because his father is a producer and director. He began his career as an actor in the films: The Bag (1993) and John (1995). He practiced alongside sport at a professional level and becomes a champion in boxing in his country at the age of 20 years. His passion for cinema made him stop sports competition and he became an assistant director on many films. In 2008, he directed the short film Winston.