Gabbih
By: [Sāzmān-i] Ṣanāyiʻ-i Dastī-i Īrān va im, kā, du muʻarrifī mīkunad ; tahīyah kunandigān, Khalīl Durūdchī, Khalīl Maḥmūdī ; fīlmnāmah, kārgardānī, tadvīn, ṭarraḥī-i ṣida va ṭarraḥī-i ṣaḥnah, Muḥsin Makhmalbāf
Contributors: Sayahi, Abbas, actor; Djodat, Shaghayegh, actor; Moharami, Hossein, actor; Kalari, Mahmoud, cinematographer; Alizadeh, Hossain, 1951- composer; Sāzmān-i Ṣanāyiʻ-i Dastī-i Īrān; MK2 Productions; New Yorker Video (Firm)
Edition: Widescreen.
Publisher: New Yorker Video
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: per
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 75
Subjects: Drama; Magic; Nomads; Social conditions; Carpets; Captivity narratives; Women
Other titles: Gabbeh
Work titles: Gabbih (Motion picture)
Description: "A folkloric carpet (Gabbeh), picturing a man and a woman riding away on horseback, is the prized possession of an elderly nomadic couple. When they ... wash it ..., a beautiful young woman ... emerges from the carpet to ... reveal the secret of the carpet. Once held hostage by the endless restraints of the family that fashioned the carpet, she reveals that the secret ... lies within the mysterious black-clad rider on the white horse. Month after month, season after season, he had followed her family from afar, always present, always waiting, howling to her songs of love--longing for her to run away with him."--Container.
Notes: Special features: audio commentary by critic Godfrey Cheshire ; theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Mahmoud Kalari ; music, Hossein Alizdeh.

Shaghayegh Djodat, Abbas Sayahi, Hossein Moharami, Roghieh Moharami, Parvaneh Ghalandari.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1996.

DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital 2 ; enhanced for 16x9 televisions ; single layer.

In Farsi with optional English subtitles.