| Chess of the Wind | |
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 2021 French theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Mohammad Reza Aslani |
| Written by | Mohammad Reza Aslani |
| Produced by | Bahman Farmanara |
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| Cinematography | Houshang Baharloo |
| Edited by | Abbas Ganjavi |
| Music by | Sheida Gharachedaghi |
| Distributed by | Janus Films (international) |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Iran |
| Language | Persian |
Chess of the Wind (Persian: شطرنج باد, romanized: Shatranj-e Baad), also titled The Chess Game of the Wind, is a 1976 Iranian film written and directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani.[1] The film was screened only once before the 1979 revolution in Iran and was roundly condemned by film critics for its violence and homosexual themes, leading to an official ban by the Iranian government. The negative and all prints were thought to have been destroyed. The film negative was rediscovered by the director's children 38 years later in 2014, for sale in a Tehran junk shop. After an extensive restoration the film was re-released in 2020 to wide acclaim.[2]
- ^ Dunning, John Harris (30 September 2020). "'Audiences won't have seen anything like this': how Iranian film Chess of the Wind was reborn". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "شطرنج باد؛ چگونه اسکورسیزی و لوکاس فیلم کلاسیک ایرانی را احیا کردند". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). Retrieved 23 November 2021.