Rakhshan Bani-Etamad did not want “Gilane” to be pathetic
Rokhshan Bani Etemad, who made the movie “Gilane” 19 years ago, centered on a mother who was taking care of her veteran son, said during its release: “I never wanted “Gilane” to be pitiful, I wanted it to be thought provoking.”
Charso Press: 18 years ago, Rokhshan Beni-Etamad appeared on ISNA under the pretext of showing Gilaneh movie; Republishing some of his statements at the same time as the mentioned days of the Iran-Iraq eight-year war is worth considering.
We read together some sentences of Beni-Etamad’s statements:
*** The theme of “Gilane” is war, but not only the Iran-Iraq war, in fact, a cross-border form of this war is raised, this film reflects the conditions of “Gilane”, “Ismail”, “Migal”, where dreams, hopes and Their health is the price of those conflicts that happened in other places.
*** During the war, cultural policies were subject to the conditions of that time and required a different perspective, and basically the atmosphere of war cinema in those years was not an atmosphere in which I could talk. Therefore, my point of view could not be raised in that atmosphere and conditions, it was natural that I had to come to this issue at some point to look at the war from my own angle. This condition and position was provided for me years after the war.
*** I never wanted “Gilane” to be pathetic, I wanted it to be thought-provoking.
Rokhshan Bani-Etamad, who before making “Gilaneh” had not registered the production of any holy defense film in his work file and was more interested in making works with social issues, in 2002 he directed one of the three episodes of “Rayat Three” with the title “Nene Gilane” took over. This short film depicts the life of Nene Gilane, who nursed her veteran son after the war with motherly love.
The praises that came from this episode prompted Bani Etemad to turn the life of “Nene Gilaneh” into a feature film in collaboration with Mohsen Abdul Wahab. The name of the movie was changed: “Gilaneh”.
After successfully participating in the 23rd Fajr International Film Festival and winning the special prize of the jury, Gilane participated in the 9th edition of the House of Cinema festival and the 10th edition of the Holy Defense Festival and won the awards.
Participating in Toronto International Film Festival, Canada’s Vesul Festival, India’s Yuna International Film Festival, Houston International Iranian Film Festival, Australia’s Brisbane Film Festival, and Japanese Women’s International Film Festival were among the other successes of Gilaneh’s film.
Rokhshan Bin-e-Etamad collaborated with Mohsen Abdul Wahab in the production of “Gilaneh”.
In the movie “Gilane”, Fatemeh Motamedarya, Bahram Radan, Baran Kothari, Jaleh Samti, Shahrukh Farutinan, Majid Bahrami and Nire Farahani have played roles.