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The Cyclist is a iranien film of genre Drama directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf released in USA on 1 january 1987 with Mahshid Afsharzadeh
The Cyclist (1987)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 january 1987
Length 1h22
Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
OriginIran
Genres Drama
Rating71%
The Cyclist (Persian:بايسيكلران, translit.: Bicycleran) is a 1987 Iranian film written and directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
Synopsis
Nasim, a poor Afghan refugee in Iran, gives a demonstration in his town's square where he rides his bicycle without stopping for seven days and seven nights, with the aim of raising money for life-saving surgery for his dying wife. In the end, even after seven days, he continues to pedal endlessly, too fatigued to hear his son's and the crowd's pleas to get off his bicycle. One scholar analyses the film as an allegory which parallels the exploitation that Afghan refugees suffer from in Iran and from which they are unable to escape.Actors
Mahshid Afsharzadeh
(Gypsy Woman)
Samira Makhmalbaf
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