Five Dedicated to Ozu

Aug 10 2019 N/A 1h 14m
Documentary

Finding himself in a house in the north of Iran by the Caspian Sea, the director picked up his handheld DV camera and began filming the seemingly anodyne events happening on the 500 metres of beach in front of his house—a piece of wood toyed with by the waves, people walking by the sea, indistinct shapes on a wintry beach or noisy ducks.

Plot

Five sequences : 1) A piece of driftwood on the seashore, carried about by the waves 2) People walking on the seashore. The oldest ones stop by, look at the sea, then go away 3) Blurry shapes on a winter beach. A herd of dogs. A love story 4) A group of loud ducks cross the image, in one direction then the other 5) A pond, at night. Frogs improvising a concert. A storm, then the sunrise.

Written by

Abbas Kiarostami

Directed by

Abbas Kiarostami

Cast

N/A

Production Countries

France, Iran, Japan

Production Companies

MK2 Films, NHK, Behnegar

Languages

No Language

Awards

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