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Leila /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: FRF 909303 D | First Run FeaturesLanguage: Persian Subtitle language: English Publisher: New York : First Run Features, [1997]Description: 1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.437
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.F67 L45 2000
Production credits:
  • Directed by Dariush Mehrjui
Cast: Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, Jamileh Sheikhi, Amir Pievar, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Turan Mehrzad, Shaqayeq Farahani.Summary: Reza and Leila, an attractive and affluent young couple deeply in love and recently married. They discover that Leila is unable to conceive. Invoking tradition, Rezas mother convinces her daughter-in-law that Reza must, out of necessity, take a second wife to produce an heir. The heartbreak that follows is devistating. A portrayal of the clash between tradition and modern marriage in Iran.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0104 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050089574

Originally produced as a motion picture in Iran.

Based on a story by Mahnaz Ansarian

In Farsi with forced English subtitles.

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