#funnily enough i watched this because it was referenced in another obscure iranian film - close-up (1990)
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"The door of the coliseum was a bit open and the ticket-seller had gone. We got behind the glasses of the covered basketball field. The man holding the microphone was taking a nap and the cyclist was cycling all alone, as if he is doing it for god’s eyes."
بايسيكلران / "The Cyclist" (1987) directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
#this is probably the first gifset ever online because i could barely find anything posted about this other than some journal reviews#and a few old blogspot reviews#funnily enough i watched this because it was referenced in another obscure iranian film - close-up (1990)#which was about a real life trial about a guy who was pretending to be the director who made this movie and they used all the real people#anyways this was one of the guy's lesser known works#focused around an afghan refugee in iran#ost by majid entezami was also totally peak#gif#iranian cinema#mohsen makhmalbaf#moharram zaynalzadeh#neorealism#iranian films#persian#iranian#iran#afghan#afghanistan#refugees#new wave
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