Shirak
1988 · Movie · 90 min. · Iran
As a result of a large influx of hogs into a southern village in Iran, the father of Shirak, a 14-year-old boy, dies. Shirak decides to become a field guard and fight the hogs. With the help of his friend, Karim, they train a dog. Shirak visits Haj Khalou, an old and wise field guard to learn a thing or two about field guarding. His mother opposes his decision at first and thinks it would be a risk, but later she accepts and Shirak starts working, and since he can’t wait to fight the hogs, he ignores Haj Khalou’s lessons, so he gets dismissed from his house and ...
Direction Dariush Mehrjui
Cast Mehri Asadi · Ezzatolah Entezami · Farzaneh Kaboli · Musa Barahoei · Arshak Ghazarian · Hossein Hosseini · Hamid Jebeli · Samad Khalesi · Khodadad Khalesi · Enayat Sanjari
Soundtrack Naser Cheshmazar
Screenplay Kambozia Partovi
Cinematography Hassan Gholizadeh
Original title Shirak
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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