END OF THE GAME :

Credits

Written and Directed by: Homayoun As'adian
Production Company: Nemadin Ltd.
Director of Photography: Bahram Badakhshani
Music: Farhad As'adian
Editor: Bahram Dehghani
Production Designer: Negar Estakhr
Sound Engineer: Hassan Zahedi
Sound Mix: Masood Behnam / Seyyed, Mahmoud Mousavi- Nezhad
Make-up: Mehrdad Mir –Kiani
Cast: Hamed behdad, Poupak Goldarre, Ali Omrani
           Fakhreddin Sedigh-Sharif, Ghorban Nadjafi.


35mm, Color, 97 Minutes, 2001

Synopsis

Pouya is studying architecture; an intelligent student at the university; he has the sweet experiences in succeeding in Olympiads of Mathematics in high school days. Mentally disturbed, and not in good terms with his fiancée, he had set up a graphics studio with some of his pals recently. Following an argument with a university official, Pouya is expelled from the university, and more afflicted, he commits unintentional murder in a stupid game. Pouya and his friends are searching for a solution, but…

Director’s View

Dramatic life is all that one could remember of his personal life. It seems that life includes the moments of confrontation with reality and obligation to decide. And these decisions mean human life.
Although deciding in early youth may reflect the inexperienced nature, it is much closer to the essential human one. Here, protagonists are to experience meaningful human life, when confronted all the hardships they have never desired; they are to mark the dramatic lives of their times.

Biography of Director

Born in Isfahan in 1948, Homayoun As'adian is director of SUNNY MAN, one of the top-grossing Iranian films ever made. A Student of Kanoon Film Courses in 70’s and an assistant director and still photographer in 80’s, he made his debut feature with THE STING in 1994.

Feature Films of Director


1994 - THE STING
1996 - SUNNY MAN
1997 - NIGHT OF THE FOX
1999 - THE PRANK
2001 - END OF THE GAME

Festivals and Awards

-2001/ Iran/ Fajr international film festival (Competition)
  Best Director (Homayoun As'adian)

-2003/ India/ Delhi International Film Festival (Out of Competition)