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Chess of the Wind: Full Cast & Crew 1976 Drama
Screened publicly just once before it was banned and then lost for decades, this rediscovered jewel of Iranian cinema reemerges to take its place as one of the most singular and astonishing works of the country's pre-revolution New Wave. A hypnotically stylized murder mystery awash in shivery period atmosphere, Chess of the Wind unfolds in an ornate, candlelit mansion where a web of greed, violence, and betrayal ensnares the heirs to a family fortune as they vie for control of their recently-deceased matriarch's estate. Melding the influences of European modernism, gothic horror, and classical Persian art, director Mohammad Reza Aslani crafts an exquisitely controlled mood piece that erupts in a stunningly subversive final act in which class conventions, gender roles, and even time itself are upended with shocking ferocity. See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Mohammad Reza Aslani Director, Screenwriter Fakhri Khorvash Actor Mohamad Ali Keshavarz Actor Akbar Zanjanpour Actor Shohreh Aghdashloo Actor Shahram Golchin Actor Hamid Taati Actor Agha Jan Rafii Actor Bahman Farmanara Producer Houshang Baharlou Cinematographer Abbas Ganjavi Film Editor Sheyda Gharachedaghi Original Music Houri Etesam Art Director Manouchehr Safarzadeh Costume Designer