FLYING CARPET
It was through Portugal that the Persian carpet entered Europe, establishing itself as one of the most important cultural traditions of the West, with regard to the decorative arts. 500 years later, we returned to Iran to reveal its original manufacturing gestures and its hypnotic shapes and colors that still retain all their freshness and fascination. The film is structured in four journeys + one, from geometry to nature, from knot to “abrash” (the natural mode of color variation). In reality, however, this is a film about itself and, perhaps, about art in general and its infinite and immemorial landscapes. In the end, we will reveal the mystery of the real “flying carpet”, the one through which so many people “flew”, how to fly through the screen (mobile carpet) and its magical powers.
CREDITS
DIRECTOR | JOÃO MÁRIO GRILO
PRODUCTION | BOLLYWOOD PICTURES
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER | FERNANDO CENTEIO
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | RUI POÇAS
SOUND DIRECTION | JOHN GAIN
EDITOR | PAUL MILLIONS
SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY | DANIEL BLAUFUKS
DISTRIBUTION | ZULFILMES
© BOLLYWOOD PICTURES, 2008




IRAN ● PORTUGAL
58 min | DIGITAL BETA | Color and B/W | 4:3 | DIGITAL STEREO
SPOKEN IN FARSI, PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH ● SUBTITLES PT, FR, EN, IT


