“A Hero” Screening
2023-2024 Season
A Hero
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
3:30-6:00 PM (HLC)
After being double-crossed, Rahim finds himself imprisoned due to unpaid debt. While on a two-day leave from his sentence, he and his girlfriend, Farkhondeh, find a bag full of gold coins whose value is almost equivalent to the amount he has to pay. While taking the items for himself seems more enticing, Rahim decides to do the right thing. He returns the bag to its original owner. His selflessness puts him in the middle of media attention and public admiration.
CO-DISCUSSANT:
Babak Tabarraee is an assistant professor of instruction and the coordinator of the Persian program at The University of Texas at Austin. He has published three books of fiction in Iran as well as more than 20 literary and theoretical books translated from English into Persian and vice versa. His academic writings in English have appeared in Mashriq & Mahjar, Dibur, Iranian Studies, The Soundtrack, Cinephile, Film Quarterly, The Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies, and The Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema. He is currently working on two screenplays as well as a Persian grammar companion.
Screening and discussion will be held at the ACC Highland Presentation Hall located on the first floor of the campus.
HLC Building 2000, Presentation Hall
Jonathan Dr, Austin, TX 78752
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