Bread and Poetry
Majid who is working in a bakery, sends his poem to be published in a journal. He always dreams of becoming famous. Majid finds some pages of the book "Les Miserables" and becomes interested in reading it, but he has no access to it. He picks a book from the library of his brother-in-law and tries to change it with the book "Les Miserables" in the public library. He is not aware of the cheque of his brother-in-law between some pages of the book. This is a starting point for some other adventures which put Majid into trouble.
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Title: Bread and Poetry - Nan o sher (1994) Directed by: Kiumars Poorahmad Date of birth: 1949, Najaf Abad, Iran Writing credits: Kiumars Poorahmad (based on "Majid's Stories by Houshang Moradi Kermani) Music: Mahmoud Samakbashi (sound) Year: 1994 Country: Iran Language: Farsi Color: Color Runtime: 90 min. Synopsis Majid writes a poem and sends it to be printed in a magazine. While waiting for the fame which will result from the appearance of his poem in the magazine, Majid comes upon a few torn pages from Victor Hugo's "Le Miserables", and becomes interested in the book. But as he is not a member of the public library, he can not borrow the book. So he takes a book from his brother-in-law's shelf and swaps it with :Les Miserables.
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- Director
- Kiumars Pourahmad
- Starring
- Mehdi Bagher Beigi, Parvindokht Yazdanian, Jamshid Sadri, Mohammad Ali Miandar
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