"Director: Abbas"

• The Koker Trilogy | Blu Ray | (23/09/2019) from £59.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami's poetic trilogy of tales that blend reality and fiction. Abbas Kiarostami (Taste of Cherry) first came to international attention for this wondrous, slyly self-referential series of films set in the rural northern-Iranian town of Koker. Poised delicately between fiction and documentary, comedy and tragedy, the lyrical fables in The Koker Trilogy exemplify both the gentle humanism and playful sleight of hand that define the director's sensibility. With each successive film, Kiarostami takes us deeper into the behind-the-scenes reality of the film that preceded it, heightening our understanding of the complex network of human relationships that sustain both a movie set and a village. The result is a gradual outward zoom that reveals the cosmic majesty and mystery of ordinary life. Includes: Where Is The Friend's House? (1987) The first film in Abbas Kiarostami's sublime, interlacing Koker Trilogy takes a simple premise - a boy searches for the home of his classmate, whose school notebook he has accidentally taken - and transforms it into a miraculous, child's-eye adventure of the everyday. As our young hero zigzags determinedly across two towns, aided (and sometimes misdirected) by those he encounters, his quest becomes both a revealing portrait of rural Iranian society in all its richness and complexity and a touching parable about the meaning of personal responsibility. Sensitive and profound, Where Is the Friend's House? is shot through with all the beauty, tension, and wonder a single day can contain. And life Goes On (1992) In the aftermath of a 1990 earthquake that left at least thirty thousand dead, Abbas Kiarostami returned to Koker, where his camera surveys not only devastation but also the teeming life in its wake. Blending fiction and reality into a playful, poignant road movie, And Life Goes On follows a film director who, along with his son, makes the trek to the region in hopes of finding out if the young star of Where Is the Friend's House? is among the survivors, and discovers a resilient community pressing on in the face of tragedy. Finding beauty in the bleakest of ci'rcumstances, Kiarostami crafts a quietly majestic ode to the best of the human spirit. Through The Olive Trees (1994) Abbas Kiarostami takes metanarrative gamesmanship to masterful new heights in the final instalment of The Koker Trilogy. Unfolding behind the scenes of And Life Goes On, this film traces the complications that arise when the romantic misfortune of one of the actors - a young man who pines for the woman cast as his wife, even though, in real life, she will have nothing to do with him - creates turmoil on set and leaves the hapless director caught in the middle. An ineffably lovely, gentle human comedy steeped in the folkways of Iranian village life, Through the Olive Trees peels away layer after layer of artifice as it investigates the elusive, alchemical relationship between cinema and reality. Special Edition Features: New 2K digital restorations of all three films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks New audio commentary on And Life Goes On featuring Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa and Jonathan Rosenbaum, co-authors of Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami: Truths and Dreams, a 1994 documentary New interview with Abbas Kiarostami's son Ahmad Kiarostami New conversation between Iranian-film scholar Jamsheed Akrami and film critic Godfrey Cheshire Conversation from 2015 between Kiarostami and film-festival programmer Peter Scarlet New English subtitle translations PLUS: An essay by critic Godfrey Cheshire and more!

• Shirin | Blu Ray | (26/10/2009) from £25.99   |  Saving you £-6.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Widely regarded as one of the most important ambitious and rewarding filmmakers at work today Kiarostami continues to explore the potential of cinema stimulating and challenging the viewer's imagination to an extraordinary degree. His new film Shirin a retelling of a classic Persian love story offers a feast for the imagination of a wholly unexpected kind.

• Taste Of Cherry (1997) (Original Title Ta'm E Guilass - Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (24/08/2020) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The first Iranian film to win the Palme d'Or, this austere, emotionally complex drama by the great ABBAS KIAROSTAMI (Close-up) follows the middle-aged Mr. Badii (The Kite Runner's HOMAYOUN ERSHADI) as he drives around the hilly outskirts of Tehran looking for someone who will agree to dispose of his body after he commits suicide, a taboo under Islam. Extended conversations with three passengers (a soldier, a seminarian, and a taxidermist) elicit different views of mortality and individual choice. Operating at once as a closely observed, realistic story and a fable populated by archetypal figures, Taste of Cherry challenges the viewer to consider what often goes unexamined in everyday life. Special Features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Project, Abbas Kiarostami's 39-minute 1997 sketch film for Taste of Cherry, made with the director's son Bahman Kiarostami New interview with Iranian film scholar Hamid Naficy Rare 1997 interview with Abbas Kiarostami, conducted by Iranian film scholar Jamsheed Akrami Trailer New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by critic A. S. Hamrah

• The Wind Will Carry Us | DVD | (23/03/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Palme d'Or winning-director Abbas Kiarostami's acclaimed film documents the arrival of an engineer and his colleagues from Tehran in a remote village in Iranian Kurdistan. Assumed by the locals - with whom they form an ambivalent relationship - to be archaeologists or telecom engineers the visitors' behaviour and keen interest in the health of an ailing old woman appear strange and their true motives are shrouded in mystery. Haunting and visually stunning The Wind Will Carry Us is an absorbing abstract meditation on life and death and the divisions between tradition and modernity that stands among Kiarostami's best works.

• Like Someone in Love | Blu Ray | (14/10/2013) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Like Someone In Love named after Ella Fitzgerald's jazz standard is a droll elegant and playful film preoccupied with identities mistaken and assumed laced with references to the films of Yasujiro Ozu. Akiko a pretty and slightly distant sociology student works nights as a high- class escort. Instead of studying for her exams and meeting her grandmother she reluctantly goes to the house of her latest client retired sociology professor Takashi. The next morning she allows him to give her a ride to university crossing paths with her volatile boyfriend Noriaki (Ryo Kase). The latter assume that the kind old man is Akiko's grandfather thus allowing an odd role-playing routine to begin until perhaps the hoax is discovered. After Certified Copy and Ten Like Someone In Love offers with pristine images and long takes off the streets of Tokyo at night a new facet of Kiarostami's study of human relations and unforeseeable encounters. Special Features: Trailer

• 24 Frames (2017) | Blu Ray | (04/02/2019) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  For what would prove to be his final film, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami (Closeup) gave himself a challenge: to create a dialogue between his work as a filmmaker and his work as a photographer, bridging the two art forms to which he had dedicated his life. Setting out to reconstruct the moments immediately before and after a photograph is taken, Kiarostami selected twentyfour still imagesmost of them stark landscapes inhabited only by foraging birds and other wildlifeand digitally animated each one into its own subtly evolving fourandahalfminute vignette, creating a series of poignant studies in movement, perception, and time. A sustained meditation on the process of image making, 24 Frames is a graceful and elegiac farewell from one of the giants of world cinema. Features: 2K digital master, with 5.1 surround DTSHD Master Audio soundtrack New interview with director Abbas Kiarostami's son Ahmad Kiarostami, who helped finish the film after his father's death New conversation between Iranian film scholar Jamsheed Akrami and film critic Godfrey Cheshire New short documentary about the making of the film by Abbas Kiarostami collaborator Salma Monshizadeh Trailer PLUS: An essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri

• Close Up | DVD | (27/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A brilliant exploration of the power of movies Close-Up reconstructs the true story of a cinephile's attempt to become a filmmaker he admires. Hossein Sabzian introduces himself as celebrated Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf and under the pretext of working on a film project enters the private life of a well-to-do Teheran family and eventually faces fraud charges.

• Taste Of Cherry / 10 On Ten | DVD | (30/05/2005) from £10.97   |  Saving you £14.02 (56.10%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Winner of the Palme D'Or at Cannes 1997 'Taste Of Cherry' is a deep philosophical study about a man who is so tired of life that he wants to commit suicide. Cruising the outskirts of Tehran Mr Badii searches for an accomplice who is willing to bury him after he is dead. He is not successful until he finally strikes a bargain with a museum guard. But before the guard agrees to the deed he wants to know why Mr Badii is so desperate to die and how it is possible to dispense with the j

• Abbas Kiarostami Collection | DVD | (27/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Abbas Kiarostami is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1970, Kiarostami has been involved in over 40 films, shorts and documentaries. This DVD collection includes the critically acclaimed Certified Copy as well as these other outstanding features. TenTaste of CherryThe Wind Will Carry UsABC Africa

• Like Someone in Love | DVD | (14/10/2013) from £7.89   |  Saving you £8.10 (102.66%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Like Someone In Love named after Ella Fitzgerald's jazz standard is a droll elegant and playful film preoccupied with identities mistaken and assumed laced with references to the films of Yasujiro Ozu. Akiko a pretty and slightly distant sociology student works nights as a high- class escort. Instead of studying for her exams and meeting her grandmother she reluctantly goes to the house of her latest client retired sociology professor Takashi. The next morning she allows him to give her a ride to university crossing paths with her volatile boyfriend Noriaki (Ryo Kase). The latter assume that the kind old man is Akiko's grandfather thus allowing an odd role-playing routine to begin until perhaps the hoax is discovered. After Certified Copy and Ten Like Someone In Love offers with pristine images and long takes off the streets of Tokyo at night a new facet of Kiarostami's study of human relations and unforeseeable encounters. Special Features: Trailer

• Ten | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (65.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A perceptive and revealing portrait of contemporary Iran set in Tehran 'Ten' begins with a beautiful and articulate female driver picking up her young son from school. After boldly revealing in a less than harmonious exchange that the woman has divorced her husband the film goes on to meditatively explore the relationships that develop between the driver and her disparate passengers over the course of ten brief but intricately mapped-out journeys. Set entirely within the single l

• Certified Copy | Blu Ray | (17/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From acclaimed director Abbis Kiarostami (Taste of Cherry The Wind Will Carry Us) comes the story of a couple's apparent chance meeting in beautiful Tusccany. He (William Shimell) is a British author in town to talk about his new book. She (Juliette Binoche) is a French gallery owner in search of originality. Together they tour the local galleries cafes and museums and discover that nothing is quite what it seems and truth like art is always open to interpretation. A captivating film Certified Copy marries post-modern reality games with mature romantic comedy in a single playful and provocative package.

• Tickets | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Three highly acclaimed directors join together to direct three interwoven stories that take place during a journey from Central Europe to Rome. The characters connect through casual encounters and set forth a story of love chance and sacrifice. One older businessman finds solace and a new insight into life when he is forced to wait at the train station due to bad weather. A young man is reminded of life's obligations but is also introduced to love. And three Scottish youths on their

• Race | DVD | (12/05/2008) from £19.15   |  Saving you £0.84 (4.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Shaina loves Ranvir but through a twist of fate gets married to his younger brother Rajiv. When she discovers that Rajiv is a chronic alcoholic she feels betrayed and her world is shattered. Ranvir too is disturbed as he had sacrificed his relationship for his younger brother because Rajiv had promised him that if he gets married to Shaina he will leave alcohol forever. After getting married Rajiv has broken his promises and life starts getting complicated. In a weak moment Ranvir and Shaina come very close to each other and an affair starts between the younger brother's wife and the elder brother. When the younger brother starts suspecting his wife - all hell breaks loose. A murder is committed a contract killing is issued double crossings become the order of the day betrayals are executed at the blink of an eye.

• Aitraaz | DVD | (06/12/2004) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-11.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  In the accused box of the courtroom stands a man startled and shocked that destiny could lead him there. Only some time before Raj Malhotra had the world at his feet. None could point a finger at him. Today he is accused of the most heinous of crimes. It all started when he met Sonia again. A blast from his past he was aware that she knew only one way to live and that was her way!!! And one fateful day things did not go her way. Raj Malhotra is accused. Now his most prized po

• Five | DVD | (31/03/2008) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-4.29 (-21.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Five cannot fail to add to Abbas Kiarostami's reputation as one of the most consistently innnovative and visually talented filmmakers in the world. This is a richly poetic radically minimalist film featruing five extended sequences shot on hand-held camera along the shores of the Caspian Sea. The film is a sublimely beautiful response to the natural world profoundly contemplative and serene giving audiences the opportunity to embrace a different cinematic experience.

• Baazigar | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Ajanabee | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Middle-classed young and dashing Rohit Kumar Saxena falls in love with wealthy and lovely Reshmi and both decide to get married. Reshmi's dad the wealthy Diwan Sardarilal is strongly opposed to this marriage but relents when Reshmi refuses to marry anyone else. As a result Rohit and Reshmi get married. Shortly after their marriage Reshmi gets pregnant news that is very well received. Then Reshmi enters a beauty pageant and wins it - being crowned Miss India with offers to travel abroad. This creates tensions within the marriage...

• Humraaz | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £17.96   |  Saving you £5.02 (33.53%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Karan and Priya are the lead performers of the upcoming musical dance troupe and are very much in love with each other. The troupe gets a contract to perform on a cruise ship owned by millionaire Raj Singhania. Raj is magnetically drawn to Priya and she too is totally swept off her feet as one of the richest eligible bachelors is wooing her in lavish style. Karan is unaware of the relationship between Priya and Raj. As the cruise comes to an end besotted Raj proposed Priya and she ag

• 36 China Town | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  In Chinatown... everyone is guilty... Sonia is the owner of a casino in Goa. A successful entrepreneur the only love in her life is her son. When the toddler suddenly goes missing She offers a huge reward to anyone who can trace her son. Raj and Priya two strangers accidentally spot the child and decide to split the reward money. But when they finally reach Sonia's mansion late at night they find her murdered! Raj and Priya panic and escape from the mansion. In the confusion that follows Priya drops something in the mansion. Soon they are the chief suspects in the murder. But when more evidence comes to light they are not alone is it the Police a playboy a drunkard or even the cleaner? Who's the murderer? And why?