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The Glass Agency

Original title: Ajans-E Shisheh-I
  • 1998
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
7.5K
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Reza Kianian and Parviz Parastui in The Glass Agency (1998)
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The Glass Agency is the story of a war veteran living in post war Iran. It depicts veterans who are suffering from social problems after the war. Society does not understand them and the sta... Read allThe Glass Agency is the story of a war veteran living in post war Iran. It depicts veterans who are suffering from social problems after the war. Society does not understand them and the standard social norms are not in harmony with their personalities.The Glass Agency is the story of a war veteran living in post war Iran. It depicts veterans who are suffering from social problems after the war. Society does not understand them and the standard social norms are not in harmony with their personalities.

  • Director
    • Ebrahim Hatamikia
  • Writer
    • Ebrahim Hatamikia
  • Stars
    • Parviz Parastui
    • Reza Kianian
    • Habib Rezaei
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    7.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ebrahim Hatamikia
    • Writer
      • Ebrahim Hatamikia
    • Stars
      • Parviz Parastui
      • Reza Kianian
      • Habib Rezaei
    • 2User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 7 wins total

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    Parviz Parastui
    Parviz Parastui
    • Haj Kazem
    Reza Kianian
    Reza Kianian
    • Salahshoor
    Habib Rezaei
    Habib Rezaei
    • Abbas Heydari
    Ghasem Zare
    • Ahmad Kuhi
    Bita Baadraan
    • Narges
    Asghar Naghizadeh
    • Asghar
    Mehrdad Falahatgar
    • Major Namvar
    Farshid Zareie Fard
    • Agency's Manager
    Mohamad Hatami
    • Haji Firouz
    Hossein Mirzaei
    Nasrin Nakisa
    • Fatemeh
    Behrooz Parastui
    • Aboozar
    Sadegh Safaie
    • Dr. Bahman
    • (as Sadegh Safai)
    Behrouz Shoaybi
    • Salman
    • (as Behrooz Shoeibi)
    Nahal Taromi
    Afsaneh Vafaii
    • Director
      • Ebrahim Hatamikia
    • Writer
      • Ebrahim Hatamikia
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    Doc Ali

    Dog Day Afternoon Iranian style !

    This movie is one of the most successful (domestically), and controversial, Iranian films of the recent years. It is also a prime example of movies which do very well in Iran but cannot find an audience abroad. Its director, Hatami Kia, makes movies which deal exlusively with the issue of war and its after effects. The glass agency's theme and structure closely resember that of Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon. A Gulf war veteran, frustrated in his attempts to convince the government agencies to send another veteran from his former unit to London for urgent surgery, takes the people in a travel agency as hostages and demands a plane to take his former comrade to UK. The issues tackled in this film are almost unique to Iran unlike films by say, Kiarostami whose films deal with universal issues. The Glass Agency is, however, brilliantly directed, boasting several outstanding performances and a haunting music score (which closely resembles that of Kielowski's Blue). Worth watching
    7ghamirali

    So Sad!

    What happens when the heroes of a nation are ignored? The content of this movie is a painful narrator about a person who was left with a shrapnel wound during the Iran-Iraq war and his old comrade-in-arms tries to take him to London for treatment. Although in a number of scenes the movie is theatrically filmed and even in the face of the military, people are used who do not play a natural role, but the content of the film is reminiscent of commitments between people, old friendships, empathy and self-sacrifice. Is.

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    • Trivia
      Filming of Ajans-E Shisheh-I took 60 days. 55 days of it was in a just one location (Agency).
    • Quotes

      Haj Kazem: The smoke of these motorcycles will suffocate me and

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    • Release date
      • 1998 (Iran)
    • Country of origin
      • Iran
    • Official sites
      • HA international official site
      • Manzoom
    • Language
      • Persian
    • Also known as
      • Cam Acentesi
    • Filming locations
      • Tehran, Iran
    • Production companies
      • Farabi Cinema Foundation
      • HA International
      • Vara Honar Film Company
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      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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