The Great Silence

1977 90 minutes Directed by Mahmoud Kushan

About The Great Silence

Azar is studying literature at the Jundishapur school in Ahvaz. His sister Parvin has left her husband Jamshid and fallen in with criminals. Azar pulls away from her and marries a student, Homayoun. Homayoun breaks with Azar after learning how Azar and Parvin are tied.

Cast & crew

More about The Great Silence

Mahmoud Kushan directed Sokoot-e bozorg. Esmail Koushan produced. The story is credited to Manochehr Motyie, with Jamshid Sedaghat Nejad among the writers. Hossein Ghasemi-Vand photographed it.

Themes

  • A sister who has left her husband
  • A student marriage
  • Homayoun walking out
  • Azar
  • Parvin
  • Homayoun
  • Jamshid
  • Jundishapur
  • Ahvaz

Making

Esmail Koushan produced it at Pars Film, with Mahmoud Kushan directing.

Look

Hossein Ghasemi-Vand photographed the Ahvaz school story.

Notes

  • Persian title: Sokoot-e bozorg.
  • Saeed Rad, Reza Beyk Imanverdi, and Nooshafarin lead the cast.
  • Also billed: Shahnaz, Mohammad Banki, Kazem Afrandnia, and Ali Zahedi.
  • Pars Film, Esmail Koushan's company, produced it.

Scenes

  • Parvin, separated from Jamshid, is drawn in with criminals.
  • Homayoun ends the marriage after the connection between Azar and Parvin comes out.