The Glass Agency

The Glass Agency Ajans-E Shisheh-I
International poster
Directed by	Ebrahim Hatamikia
Produced by	Ali Komijani
Written by	Ebrahim Hatamikia
Starring	Parviz Parastui Reza Kianian Habib Rezaei
Music by	Majid Entezami
Cinematography	Aziz Saati Hassan Karimi Arash Akhtari Rad
Edited by	Hayedeh Safiyari
Release dates	19 February 1998 (1998-02-19) (BIFF)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian
Budget	Boshra Film

The Glass Agency (Persian: آژانس شیشه‌ای‎‎) is a 1998 Iranian drama film directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia.

Plot

Two veterans of Iran-Iraq war, Abbas and his wartime commander Kazem are the main protagonists of the film. Abbas comes to Tehran to seek medical treatment for a war injury. Kazem wants to help Abbas as the doctor recommends that he should go abroad for the operation. However, it is almost New Year's Eve, and arranging a flight becomes difficult. The problems they encounter make Kazem lose his temper, and he ends up taking a whole travel agency hostage.^[1]

Cast

Parviz Parastui - Haj Kazem
Reza Kianian - Salahshoor
Habib Rezaei - Abbas Heydari
Asghar Naghizadeh - Asghar
Bita Badran - Narges
Ghasem Zareh - Ahmad Kuhi
Behrouz Shoeibi - Salam
Farshid Zarei Fard - Agency Manager
Majid Moshiri
Ezzatollah Mehravaran
Nasrin Nakisa
Mehrdad Falahatgar
Mohammad Hatami
Sadegh Safai

Awards

Won Crystal Simorgh Best Film Fajr International Film Festival 1998
Won Crystal Simorgh Best Actor (Parviz Parastui) Fajr International Film Festival 1998
Won Crystal Simorgh Best Supporting Actor (Reza Kianian) Fajr International Film Festival 1998
Won Crystal Simorgh Best Supporting Acterss (Bita Badran) Fajr International Film Festival 1998
Won Crystal Simorgh Best Director (Ebrahim Hatamikia) Fajr International Film Festival 1998
Won Crystal Simorgh Best Music (Majid Entezami) Fajr International Film Festival 1998
Won Crystal Simorgh Best Screenwriter (Ebrahim Hatamikia) Fajr International Film Festival 1998
Won Crystal Simorgh Best Film Editor (Hayedeh Safiyari) Fajr International Film Festival 1998
Nominated three Crystal Simorgh other's in Fajr International Film Festival 1998

References

↑ Entry in New York Times movie section

External links

The Glass Agency at the Internet Movie Database

Crystal Simorgh Best Film

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Scarecrow (1986)
Flying at Night (1987)
Kani Manga - Parandeyeh Koochake Khoshbakhti (1988)
Dar Masir Tondbad (1989)
Mohajer (1990)
Apartment No.13 (1991)
Need (1992)
Az Karkheh ta Rhein (1993)
No winner (1994)
The Fateful Day (1995)
Father (1996)
Children of Heaven (1997)
The Glass Agency (1998)
Hiva (1999)
Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine (2000)
Baran (2001)
Khanei Ruye Ab (2002)
Divanei Az Ghafas Parid (2003)
Mum's Guest (2004)
So Close, So Far (2005)
In the Name of the Father (2006)
The Day Third (2007)
As Simple as That (2008)
Tardid (2009)
Be Range Arghavan (2010)
Crime (2011)
No winner (2012)
Reclamation (2013)
Azar Shahdookht Parviz va Digaran - He Who Said No (2014)

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