Summaries

A female election agent and a gun-toting soldier try to collect votes among the local islanders with mixed success.

A soldier stationed on a deserted beach wakes up and discovers that it's not going to be an ordinary day: there are the elections, but nobody seems to know anything about them. Just as an electoral urn is being parachuted from the sky, a young woman disembarks on the beach. To the soldier's bafflement, it turns out that she is in charge of the mobile electoral seat and voting on the islands; therefore the soldier is obliged to obey her orders and escort her with his rifle and army jeep across the desert, where the woman obstinately intends to collect the votes. During the day, stressed by a series of absurd events, the two learn to get to know each other. At sunset, when the young woman leaves, the man realizes that the secret vote contained much more than he had ever imagined.—Sujit R. Varma

Details

Keywords
  • soldier
  • agent
  • satire comedy
  • looking at oneself in a mirror
  • vote
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Oct 25, 2001
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) G
Countries of origin Canada Italy Switzerland Iran
Official sites sourehcinema
Language Persian
Filming locations Kish Island, Iran
Production companies Fabrica Payam Films Sharmshir

Box office

Gross US & Canada $114909
Opening weekend US & Canada $14609
Gross worldwide $122875

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 40m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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