Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
Okay... thanks to a hiccup in my e-mail, this didn't show up until this morning. That means it's only a matter of hours before this happens in New York. Should be plenty of time for four of you to win free tickets to a screening of BARAN as part of the 39th Annual New York Film Festival. Check out this letter:
Hi, Harry.
I'd like to try this again :)
A Screening of BARAN at the 39th Annual New York Film Festival Tuesday, 10/9 at 9pm at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
This is an EXCLUSIVE offer to AICN readers as a show of appreciation. The first 4 people to respond (with their first and last names) BY CLICKING HERE will have 2 tickets each waiting for them under their name at the box office. We'd appreciate if you could post this prominently (and quickly) on the site, as this is a film that many readers will appreciate seeing!
The synopsis follows.
BARAN
Director: MAJID MAJIDI
Screenplay: MAJID MAJIDI
Producers: MAJID MAJIDI, FOUAD NAHAS
Cast: HOSSEIN ABEDINI, ZAHRA BAHRAMI, REZA NAJI, HOSSEIN RAHIMI, HOSSEIN MAHJOOB
"Baran" is the story of Afghan refugees told through the eyes of an Iranian teenage boy named Lateef. His devotion to a person he barely knows leads him to the choice that will change his life forever. Academy Award nominated ("Children of Heaven") director Majid Majidi delivers a heartbreaking story of unrequited love. "Baran" won the Grand Prize at the recent Montreal Film Festival.
Thanks, Harry!
No, no, Ian... thank you.
Right now, the normal, average people of the Afghan are trapped between us and the Taliban, witnessing the first stage of our retaliatory strikes, and refugees are pouring out of the country. Here's a chance to get a look at the human face of the Afghans and gain some small understanding of who these people are to whom we are all so suddenly, unexpectedly connected. This is one of the ways in which film is not just impressive, but also important. It allows us to experience each others cultures in an immersive, empathetic way. Film unites us. If you're in New York, enjoy this opportunity, and write us afterwards to tell us what you thought. I'm jealous I won't be there.
"Moriarty" out.
