Arousi-ye Khouban

original title:
Arousi-ye Khouban
other titles:
Marriage of the Blessed
country / year of production:
Iran / 1989
original length:
70 min. , color
premiere:
1989 (Locarno Film Festival)
genre:
melodrama
based on:
director:
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
film script:
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
producer:
cinematographer:
Ali Reza Zarrindast
editor:
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
composer:
cast (role):
Mahmud Bigham , Ebrahim Abadi , Roya Nonahali , Mohsen Zaethab
more:
plot synopsis:
Haji, an Irani news photographer, comes home wounded and traumatized back from the war against Iraq. He does not find back into his civil life. His young bride stays with him despite the opposition of her family and they try to lead a normal life.
keywords:
war correspondent , veterans , wound, injury , massacre
war:
First Gulf War (1980-1988)
literature:
Wolfgang Günter Lerch: Der Golfkrieg: Ereignisse, Gestalten, Hintergründe. München: Piper, 1988. ISBN: 3-492-10956-X

Harald Möller: Der Krieg Irak - Iran, 1980-88. Berlin: Möller, 1995. ISBN: 3-00-000226-X

Mostafa Arki: Iran - Irak: Acht Jahre Krieg im Nahen Osten. Berlin: VWB, Verl. für Wiss. u. Bildung, 1989. ISBN: 3-927408-10-7
remarks:
availability:
VHS NTSC