The sound of the bells
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The sound of the bells |
| Original title | Au bruit des clochettes |
| Country of production |
France Afghanistan |
| original language | Persian |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Chabname Zariab |
| script | Chabname Zariab |
| production | Judith Lou Lévy |
| music |
Faiz Karezi Mir Maftoon |
| camera | Eric Devin |
| cut | Guillaume Saignol |
| occupation | |
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The Sound of the Bells is a French-Afghan short film by Chabname Zariab from 2016.
action
Saman is an attractive teenager and is owned by the wealthy Farroukhzad, in whose house he lives. He dances for him as a bacha : disguised as a woman, with a veil and bells on his hands and feet, he not only entertains Farroukhzad friends with dance, but also has to render them sexual services after the dance. During the day his life is strictly monitored by Farroukhzad, so Saman is never allowed to leave him without his knowledge.
One day the boy Bijane comes to Farroukhzad's house. Saman realizes that the child should be built up as his successor. At first he refuses to teach Bijane to dance, but then complies. Saman notices that Bijane doesn't know what his future role will be. He was fetched from a village by Farroukhzad's helpers. Bijzane is afraid of dancing and men. Saman, in turn, is kidnapped by friends and taken to his garbage dump, where a now too old Bacha lives. Saman is horrified and now knows what future he can expect. Bijane, in turn, refuses to dance in front of Farroukhzad. This determines that Bijane will be his new Bacha from next week. Just before Saman has to dance again one evening in front of Farroukhzad's men, he instructs Bijane to flee at the sound of bells during his dance and return to his village. Saman, in turn, begins to dance and slits open the arteries in both joints while dancing. He is bleeding profusely, but does not stop dancing and circles around the sound of the music until he collapses.
production
The sound of the bells was filmed in Tunisia in 2015 . It was the directorial debut of the author Chabname Zariab , who was born in Afghanistan in 1982, but came to France with her parents at the age of seven. She also wrote the script for the film. Sayed Ahmad Hashimi and Haroon Mohd Amanullah created the costumes, and Fatma Madani made the film .
The sound of the bells had its premiere on January 24, 2016 at the Premiers Plans - Angers Festival and was subsequently shown at numerous film festivals in Europe. ARTE showed the film on February 12, 2016 as part of the Kurzschluss series , with it being subtitled.
Awards
At the Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand , the film won the 2016 Prix SACD for Best First Work. In the international competition of the Tampere International Short Film Festival 2016 the film won in the category Best Fictional Film and also received the GBVision Award. The sound of the bells was nominated for a César in the category Best Short Film in 2017 .
Web links
- The sound of the bells in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The sound of the bells on cinema.arte.tv