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Gabbeh

Life is Colour. Love is Colour.

1996 · 1h 12m · N/A Drama, Mystery, Romance
Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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Overview

An elderly couple go about their routine of cleaning their gabbeh, while bickering gently with each other. Magically, a young woman appears, helping the two clean the rug. This young woman belongs to the clan whose history is depicted in the design of the gabbeh, and the rug recounts the story of the courtship of the young woman by a stranger from the clan.

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A work of shimmering beauty.

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

Visually enchanting.

Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh

There is hardly a composition in the film that couldn't be extracted and framed.

Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Fresh

Movies such as this work like meditation or music, to nudge us toward the important.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

Like its subject, Gabbeh is woven with art.

Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times

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