The Accordion
Jafar Panahi Iran 2010 8 min PG
A pair of siblings must recover their stolen accordion to continue supporting their family.
While busking along the streets, Kambiz and Khadijeh accidentally wander into a building and stumble upon a ritual prayer. Their hasty exit is thwarted by an irate passerby who berates them for playing secular music and confiscates their accordion as punishment. As the siblings chase the stranger, Khadijeh must find a way to talk her older brother out of violent retaliation.
The Accordion affirms the place of both religion and entertainment in society as deeply human acts of communal support and expression. Commissioned by ART for the World’s Then and Now: Beyond Borders and Differences film project, this short film was Jafar Panahi’s last work before his house arrest in 2010.
7 Dec, Sat 9:30PM / 103 min
Oldham Theatre
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The Accordion
Jafar Panahi
Iran
2010
Farsi
English
8 min
PG
Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi is an Iranian filmmaker who has won numerous accolades including the Berlinale’s Golden Bear for Taxi (2015) and Cannes’ Best Screenplay for Three Faces (2018). His films often portray Iranian society in a humanistic and neorealist style. The explicit social critique in his work has incurred the government’s ire, for which he has been imprisoned and placed under house arrest.
Jafar Panahi
Khadije Bahrami,
Kambiz Bahrami
The Accordion & Crimson Gold
