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Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Number Four (2016)
The story of this film is about a young adult boy whose father is dead and can’t accept this truth… It’s been about two years since Atou’s father failed to come back home from the sea and everybody thinks that he’s dead. Atou’s uncle tries to force his mother to re-marry. He tries to help his mother earn money so he decides to work with smugglers, but he faces many problems – problems he is not old enough to handle.
| Country | Iran |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Duration | 71 min |
| Rating | 12 |
| Language | Farsi |
| Subtitle | English, Czech |
| Directed by | Mehran Malakouti |
| Screenplay | Shila Rashidian |
| Director of Photography | Alireza Ghazi |
| Edited by | Siavash Tarazandeh Pour |
| Contact | Documentary and Experimental Film Center |
Biography
A film sound engineer and aspiring director from Iran, he's one of the leading Iranian experts on the production of sound design and film editing. He's a member of the Iranian Association of Motion Picture Sound and teaches at the Institute for Young Cinema Professionals. He's sat in the jury of the Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran and the Khane Cinema Annual Celebrations for many years. He made his directorial debut with No. 4 (2016).