Lok Virsa Screens Iranian Classical Film

National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage, Lok Virsa resumed its Mandwa Film Club here Saturday with screening of Iranian family drama "The Painting Pool" for audience.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Nov, 2018 ) :National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage, Lok Virsa resumed its Mandwa Film Club here Saturday with screening of Iranian family drama "The Painting Pool" for audience.

Released in 2013, "The Painting Pool" (Persian "Howze Naghashi") is directed by Maziar Miri.

The film tells the story of a differently able couple and their various struggles in raising their child normally while nothing in their world is normal.

Actors Shahab Hosseini and Nigar Javaherian give tremendous performances in their lead roles.

The classic film portrays the many similarities between the culture of Iran and Pakistan through the universality of it's subject and execution, said the organizers.

Maryam and Reza are a married couple with severe learning disabilities.

When their son's school work starts to surpass their own abilities, he grows frustrated with them, and after a heated argument, runs away from home.

Maryam and Reza are left to struggle with work, money and heartbreak in this affecting exploration of love and family that balances its more tragic moments with warmth and humor.

Charming, devastating and unique, 'The Painting Pool' manages to treat a subject often neglected by mainstream cinema with honesty and compassion, and won multiple awards at the Fajr Film Festival.

The Mandwa film club of Lok Virsa is an initiative taken by the institute to revive the classical cinema and involve the fun lovers in healthy activities that keep alive the dying the culture and traditions among the young generation, the organizers said.

The Mandwa club screens national and international classical hits on every weekend and invite audience from all walks of life to entertain them as well as engage them in cultural programmes.