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Fifi Az Khoshhali Zooze Mikeshad

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Bahman Mohassess was a celebrated artist before the 1979 Iranian Revolution, but he later destroyed many of his works before immigrating to Italy.
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Critics Consensus

Fifi Howls from Happiness honors its subject with an engrossing look at his iconoclastic work and fascinating life.

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Peter Keough Boston Globe 10/30/2014
3/4
Whatever its virtues and flaws, "Fifi" performs the vital service of acquainting the world with an artist who deserves - despite his own dismissal of such notions - world recognition, if not immortality. Go to Full Review Owen Gleiberman BBC.com 08/14/2014
3/5
Farahani's direction is artfully suggestive but also, at moments, oblique; she seems to think that she's making a Godardian essay-film. Go to Full Review Robert Abele Los Angeles Times 08/14/2014
By its bittersweet end, "Fifi Howls From Happiness" has stayed almost entirely in one apartment and yet somehow unveiled both a life in full and a blank canvas. Go to Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row 08/07/2019
3.5/4
This an extraordinarily singular work about an extraordinary man, both elegiac and rapturous; a film befitting a true leopard. Go to Full Review Ken Eisner Georgia Straight 09/17/2018
The final sequence makes for unforgettable cinema. Go to Full Review Cynthia Fuchs PopMatters 08/12/2014
9/10
Brilliant, loving, and as intensely political as any of Mohassess' paintings or sculptures, Fifi Howls from Happiness celebrates connection as much as it reveals isolation, dedication alongside outrage. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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03/09/2021 A very personal portrait of the modern Persian artist, Bahman Mohasses, with many intimate nuances, till his death. Some parts were also relevant for a reconstruction of the history of Persian modern art. See more 12/31/2014 What a character and such talent. Really glad I saw this and learned about this part of art and Iranian history. See more 08/24/2014 There are no words to explain the complex emotions that you feel throughout this movie. Spoken by someone who is not so keen on documentaries. A must see. See more 08/20/2014 Unless U want to be totally depressed STAY AWAY from this film!!!! Or come to see someone die from cigerette smoking!!! Why did this get 100 % rating??? See more 08/15/2014 An interesting film about a bizarre and very interesting ARTIST See more 08/06/2014 Elegantly human. A portrait of an artist at the end of his life. In between his wheezy laughing and mouse-like appearance, Mohassess reveals himself and makes suggestions to Mitra Farahni on how she should make her documentary - most of which respectfully she takes. See more Read all reviews
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Mitra Farahani

Director

Mitra Farahani

Screenwriter

Marjaneh Moghimi

Producer

Fereydoun Firouz

Executive Producer

Tara Kamangar

Original Music

Mitra Farahani

Cinematographer

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Synopsis Bahman Mohassess was a celebrated artist before the 1979 Iranian Revolution, but he later destroyed many of his works before immigrating to Italy.
Director
Mitra Farahani
Producer
Marjaneh Moghimi
Screenwriter
Mitra Farahani
Distributor
Music Box Films
Production Co
Butimar Prod.
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Persian
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 8, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$13.0K
Runtime
1h 37m