FILM REVIEW: Banoo, a Film With Implied Concepts
November 12, 1998 - 0:0
Director: Darioush Mehrjouei Cast: Bita Farahi, Ezatollah Entezami, Khosro Shakibaei and Gohar Kheir-Andish TEHRAN Maryam Banoo is a rich woman interested in mysticism and spiritual affairs. Her husband has left her and now resides in an Arab country, where he marries another woman. Being a lonely woman, Maryam Banoo invites a group of poor people to her luxurious house. But they steal from her and turn her house into a ruined place.
After presenting a remarkable film like Hamoon, which starred Bita Farahi and Khosro Shakibaei, now Mehrjouei has decided to show another side of the coin, which is Banoo. In Hamoon, a man was looking for his real self fought the world around him. This man, now has given his role to a woman named Maryam in Banoo. Bita Farahi's performance in Hamoon was very remarkable, in which she played the role of a disturbed woman, but in Banoo she is an active and thoughtful person, for whom wealth has no value.
She devotes herself to the cause of the poor and realizes her own identity. She tries to achieve self-knowledge. She provides the underprivileged and deprived with an opportunity to have a comfortable life. She talks with the poor, eats with them in order to find her own self. Mehrjouei usually deals with the people's feelings and tendencies. That is what he has done in his films such as The Cow (1969), Mr. Simpleton (1970), Postman (1972), Dayereh Mina (1975), Tenants (1987), Hamoon (1990), Banoo, Pari, Sara, Leila and the Pear Tree. Mehrjouei's films have different social, philosophical and psychological concepts.
Although Banoo portrays social problems such as poverty and corruption, it also refers to some political issues. The characters in Banoo have different aspects. None of them is merely good or merely bad. Although Maryam Banoo has a thoughtful personality, she is not a good decision-maker. Qorban Salar, despite his dark record, plays the role of a Robin Hood, who thinks he has the right to steal from the rich.
Banoo not only applies proper techniques, but it also enjoys accurate and appropriate camerawork, illumination, make-up and sound-recording. In conclusion, it can be said that Banoo is another turning point in Mehrjouei's cinema record.
After presenting a remarkable film like Hamoon, which starred Bita Farahi and Khosro Shakibaei, now Mehrjouei has decided to show another side of the coin, which is Banoo. In Hamoon, a man was looking for his real self fought the world around him. This man, now has given his role to a woman named Maryam in Banoo. Bita Farahi's performance in Hamoon was very remarkable, in which she played the role of a disturbed woman, but in Banoo she is an active and thoughtful person, for whom wealth has no value.
She devotes herself to the cause of the poor and realizes her own identity. She tries to achieve self-knowledge. She provides the underprivileged and deprived with an opportunity to have a comfortable life. She talks with the poor, eats with them in order to find her own self. Mehrjouei usually deals with the people's feelings and tendencies. That is what he has done in his films such as The Cow (1969), Mr. Simpleton (1970), Postman (1972), Dayereh Mina (1975), Tenants (1987), Hamoon (1990), Banoo, Pari, Sara, Leila and the Pear Tree. Mehrjouei's films have different social, philosophical and psychological concepts.
Although Banoo portrays social problems such as poverty and corruption, it also refers to some political issues. The characters in Banoo have different aspects. None of them is merely good or merely bad. Although Maryam Banoo has a thoughtful personality, she is not a good decision-maker. Qorban Salar, despite his dark record, plays the role of a Robin Hood, who thinks he has the right to steal from the rich.
Banoo not only applies proper techniques, but it also enjoys accurate and appropriate camerawork, illumination, make-up and sound-recording. In conclusion, it can be said that Banoo is another turning point in Mehrjouei's cinema record.