Invitation (2008 film)

Invitation (Persian: دعوت‎ (Davat)) is a 2008 film directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia. Hatamikia and Chista Yasrebi are the writers of the screenplay, it is a poly-layered narrative with many celebrities in the cast.[1]

Invitation (Davat)
Directed byEbrahim Hatamikia
Produced byMohammad Pirhadi
Written byEbrahim Hatamikia and Chista Yasrebi
StarringFarhad Ghaemian, Mohammadreza Foroutan, Mahnaz Afshar, Katayoun Riahi, Merila Zarei, Gohar Kheirandish, Sorayya Ghasemi, Reza Babak, Siamak Ansari, Majid Moshiri, Sara Khoeiniha, Sahar Jafari Jozani, Anahita Netami, Hoda Naseh, Negar Forouzandeh, Negin Sedaghatgooya, Mohammadreza Sharifinia
Music byMohammadreza Aligholi
CinematographyTouraj Mansouri
Edited byMehdi Hoseinivand
Distributed byNamayeshgaran
Release date
2008
CountryIran
LanguagePersian
Box office4,260,000,000 IRR

Synopsis

A number of different families face a similar crisis and they react according to their specific points of view. It is a Persian drama movie about several couples realizing they are going to have a baby, and each of these couples lives play out in different episodes through the movie.[2]

The film revolves around the theme of child abortion and its main message can be interpreted as "a child who is invited to come to this world should not be aborted" even if it is from a 60 year old, widow or a concubine who like her job more than her child, or a wandering woman in a city that is distancing herself from her plumper husband. One critic described it as "a movie about abortions in which no abortions happen".[3]

This episode of the film which about two university students Pejman Bazeghi is eliminated after the filming which is considered due to censorship treatments, but Ebrahim Hatamikia considers it as the result of time shortages in the limited boundary for a film.[4]

Cast and crew

This film starrs Farhad Ghaemian, Mohammadreza Foroutan, Mahnaz Afshar, Katayoun Riahi, Merila Zarei, Gohar Kheirandish, Sorayya Ghasemi, Reza Babak, Siamak Ansari, Majid Moshiri, Sara Khoeiniha, Sahar Jafarijozani, Anahita Netami, Hoda Naseh, Negar Forouzandeh, Negin Sedaghatgooya and Mohammadreza Sharifinia.[5]

Production crew includes:

  • Sound engineer: Mehran Malakouti
  • First director assistant and program planner: Alireza Shams Sharifi
  • Script Supervisor: Mina Zarpour
  • Photographer: Esmail Hatamikia
  • Production manager: Mohammadreza Mansouri
  • Special Fx: Abbas Shoghi

Release and reception

Hatamikia chose to release the film before the Fajr International Film Festival and did not enter it into the festival.[6]

References
  1. Hatamikia, Ebrahim (2008-09-10), Invitation, Mahnaz Afshar, Siamak Ansari, Reza Babak, retrieved 2018-01-15
  2. Film Home, Online. "Davat - Invitation (2008)". Online Film Home. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  3. ونداد الوندی‌پور (13 December 2009). "بودن یا نبودن". Aftabir. Retrieved 24 October 2018. فیلمی درباره سقط جنین که در آن هیچ سقط جنینی اتفاق نمی‌افتد.
  4. "Invitation (2008) - Ebrahim Hatamikia | Cast and Crew | AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  5. Invitation, retrieved 2018-01-15
  6. "نگاهی به فیلم دعوت ساخته ابراهیم حاتمی کیا". BBC Persian. 4 November 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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