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P like Pelican
P meslé pelican
Regjisor/e
Parviz Kimiavi
1972
Iran
26 min
Black & White
P Like Pelican focuses on Aqa Seyyed Ali Mirza, a hermit whose contact with the children living nearby lead him to confront an unknown and symbolic creature: the pelican. The Mongols is a fictional feature taking up questions of alterity and the anxiety over the influence of such modern technologies as television in Iran.
Born in Tehran in 1939, Parviz Kimiavi trained as a filmmaker in Paris and worked at the public television network Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française, before returning to Iran in 1969. He developed a rich documentary practice that flourished throughout the 1970s, approaching diverse subjects with a poetic and impressionistic sensibility, and exploring cultural tradition, modernity, and national identity.
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