Wake Up, Arezu!

Overview

Moments after the earthquake, a young teacher in a village outside the town of Bam, scrambles from under the rubble and finds out that her colleagues has died in the quake. She sets out for the town of Bam to get rescue aid for the villagers, but to her amazement, she discovers that the main tragedy has occurred there. Cries of help are heard from every side and the hospital is filled with the injured and the dead. On the recommendation of a cleric, she goes to the mortuary to help with the washing of the dead bodies of women. A prisoner, who managed to get out after the prison building is destroyed asks the teacher to wash the bodies of his dead mother, wife and child, Arezu.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 31, 2005

Original language

Persian

Spoken languages

Persian

Countries

Iran

Production

Kianoush Ayari

Cast

Ehsan Rezvani,Mehdi Jafari,Mohammad Hossein Akbari,Mehran Rajabi,Behnaz Jafari

Director

Kianush Ayyari

Writer

Kianush Ayyari

Producer

Kianush Ayyari

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt0470958