THE BITTER TEARS OF ZAHRA ZAND
Tom Chichester-Clark and Barak Schmool, aka Randolph and Schmeinstein, composed the melodramatic score, drawing inspiration from the golden age of film score - Steiner, Herrman, Mancini. Expect strong melodies, dynamic passages, brave new harmony and even…. counterpoint!
Directed by Vahid Hakimzadeh, the film explores the often overlooked, emotional side of losing your homeland and its consequences. The British-Iranian filmmaker puts his own spin on Rainer Fassbinder’s masterpiece “The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant,” with a Farsi-language retelling set around a high society fashion designer (Boshra Dastournezhad), who has fled Iran for London on the brink of the 1979 Islamic revolution. While her country falls apart, she descends into mind games and manipulation over the elderly housekeeper (Pari Armian) who raised her — and the new muse who disrupts her world (Melina Farahani).
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Randolph & Schmeinstein (Tom CC & B. Schmool)
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Randolph & Schmeinstein (Tom CC & B. Schmool)
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Randolph & Schmeinstein (Tom CC & B. Schmool)
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Randolph & Schmeinstein (Tom CC & B. Schmool)
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Randolph & Schmeinstein (Tom CC & B. Schmool)