The Traveller + The Bread and Alley at The Cinematheque

New Restorations

THE TRAVELLER (MOSAFER)
Iran 1974
Abbas Kiarostami

Kiarostami’s first full-length feature recalls Truffaut’s The 400 BLOWS. When soccer-mad Qassem, a delinquent 12-year-old living in a provincial town, learns that his favourite team is playing in distant Tehran, he does everything he possibly can, including lying, cheating, and stealing, to try to get to the game. “Through improvised performances in real-life situations, and a poet’s feel for the heartbreak of youth, Kiarostami views the travels, travails, and frequent scams of this pint-sized Odysseus with nonjudgmental precision and heartfelt compassion, setting the stage for a bittersweet ending to the film, and a remarkable beginning to a film career” (Jason Sanders, Pacific Film Archive).

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THE BREAD AND ALLEY (NAN VA KOUTCHEH)
Iran 1970
Abbas Kiarostami

“The mother of all my films,” said Abbas Kiarostami of his very first work, a short in which a young boy making his way home with a loaf of bread finds his passage blocked by a menacing dog.

October 23 (Wednesday) 8:30 pm
October 28 (Monday) 6:30 pm

Adult $12
Student / Senior $10

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“And Life Goes On: The Films of Abbas Kiarostami”
The singular cinema of the Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016), one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of the past three decades, is celebrated with this near-comprehensive retrospective.
https://thecinematheque.ca/series/and-life-goes-on-the-films-of-abbas-kiarostami

WHERE IS THE FRIEND’S HOUSE?
(KHANEH-YE DOUST KOJAST?)
October 18 (Friday) 6:30 pm
October 20 (Sunday) 4:30 pm
October 21 (Monday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/where-is-the-friends-house

AND LIFE GOES ON
(ZENDEGI VA DIGAR HICH)
October 18 (Friday) 8:15 pm
October 20 (Sunday) 6:30 pm
October 24 (Thursday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/and-life-goes-on

THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES
(ZIR-E DARAKHTAN-E ZEYTON)
October 19 (Saturday) 6:30 pm
October 20 (Sunday) 8:20 pm
October 24 (Thursday) 8:20 pm
October 27 (Sunday) 4:00 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/through-the-olive-trees

CLOSE-UP (NAMA-YE NAZDIK)
October 19 (Saturday) 8:30 pm
October 23 (Wednesday) 6:30 pm
October 27 (Sunday) 8:10 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/close-up

KIAROSTAMI FOR KIDS! PROGRAM 1
October 20 (Sunday) 11:00 am
Special Ticket Price:
$6 (+ free popcorn) for kids 13 and under
$10 for everyone else!
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/kiarostami-for-kids-program-1

HOMEWORK (MASHGH-E SHAB)
October 21 (Monday) 8:10 pm
October 27 (Sunday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/homework

THE TRAVELLER (MOSAFER) +
THE BREAD AND ALLEY (NAN VA KOUTCHEH)
October 23 (Wednesday) 8:30 pm
October 28 (Monday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/the-traveller-bread-alley

KIAROSTAMI: TWO SHORT FEATURES
A WEDDING SUIT (LEBASI BARAYE ARUSI) +
CASE NO. 1, CASE NO. 2
(GHAZIEH-E SHEKL-E AVAL, GHAZIEH-E SHEKL-E DOU WOM)
October 28 (Monday) 8:15 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/kiarostami-two-short-features

TASTE OF CHERRY (TA’AM-E GILAS)
November 1 (Friday) 6:30 pm
November 2 (Saturday) 8:45 pm
November 6 (Wednesday) 8:10 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/taste-of-cherry

THE WIND WILL CARRY US (BAD MA RA KHAHAD BORD)
November 1 (Friday) 8:30 pm
November 2 (Saturday) 6:30 pm
November 3 (Sunday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/the-wind-will-carry-us

ABC AFRICA
November 3 (Sunday) 8:45 pm
November 4 (Monday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/abc-africa

FIVE DEDICATED TO OZU (PANJ)
November 4 (Monday) 8:15 pm
November 6 (Wednesday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/five-dedicated-to-ozu