Walkthrough of Iran’s top-grossers post-revolution

The Islamic Revolution, having been a turning point in the fate of the Iranian nation, coincided with a major shift in arts production, including cinema. ifilm reviews best sellers at the box office, in a series of articles.

1- ‘The Stone's Trip’: 1978

The movie hit the box office sales, in the Iranian calendar year 1978-1979 (ending in March); a year that ended with cinemas closing down, as the revolution picked up.

The social situation made the director produce a totally different movie, compared to his own past productions.

The people of the village depicted in the flick, in an effort to rid the people of the lord’s feudalist exploitation, are planning to kick off their own windmill. It needs a huge stone, and the people, hence, face challenges bringing it there. The lord’s cruelty makes it so difficult for people to risk confronting him, as he would naturally oppose such an initiative.

As the ruling class was that of the lords, and they would determine the fate of the people, the villagers refrain from taking the first step, lest they might endanger their families. Meanwhile, a man makes a different decision.

Read more on this in the upcoming part.

Stay with ifilm in the article series, in which you’ll read more about the highest-grossing flicks produced after the Islamic revolution in Iran.

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