
[quote]In 1973 Naderi wrote and directed two more films: Tangsir and Harmonica. Tangsir, an epic drama, was his first color, cinemascope film. In creating the film, Naderi successfully combined the twelve-page short story of Zar Mohammed by Rasul Parvizi and Tangsir, a two hundred-page novel by Sadeq Chubak, a prominent Iranian novelist. Although the movie was made in the framework of Iran's popular commercial cinema, thematically and stylistically it is a powerful work. When you compare the film to the book, Naderi's contributions become obvious. He delivers the story with artistic integrity and an assured sense of timing.
On the set of Tangsir, in the port city of Bushehr, in the landscapes of his childhood Naderi found a way to personalize his work by relating incidents from his own life. Here Naderi comes into his own, for in depicting the frustration and repression that culminates in the brutal act of vengeance, he leaves the influences of Hollywood behind and finds his own unique expression of justice in the world of his childhood.
Tangsir's plot pivots on the practice, common in small towns, of Iranian peasants placing their meager savings with a consortium of men from the local wealthy, ruling class for investment. They are supposed to receive an occasional interest payment and may withdraw their money at any time. However when Zar Mohammed respectfully requests the return of his life savings from Bushehr's four prominent men – the mayor, the judge, the police chief and the leading merchant – they claim that his money was lost in an unfortunate trade. Zar Mohammed insists and pleads for the return of his money, but they laugh at him and throw him out. Since the men represent the law of the town, the only recourse available to Zar Mohammed is personal vengeance. In a masterful stroke, though, Naderi transforms the act of personal revenge into a universal expression of mass revenge.
Selected for the International Delhi Film Festival in India in 1974, Tangsir's leading man, Behruz Vosoughi, received the Best Leading Actor award.[/quote]
Rare, early Naderi's movie. The file is quite small for a nearly two hours movie
