Time of Love


Time of Love Persian , translit.Nobat e Asheghi is a 1990 film by Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, based on a story written by Makhmalbaf himself. The film consists of three episodes, all with relatively similar plots. Although categorized as an Iranian film, Time of Love was mostly shot in Istanbul, Turkey and the dialogues are both in Turkish and Persian. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.

Young Gozal whose husband is a taxi driver has an affair with a young blond shoeshine boy. One day an old man who cant hear well is recording the birds songs when he hears what they say to each other. So he finds out about their affair and tells everything to Gozals blackhaired husband. The blackhaired kills the young blond boy and injures Gozal and then surrenders himself to the court. He is sentenced to death and is thrown into the sea as he chooses. Gozal commits suicide in her regular meeting place.This time the blondhaired man and Gozal are husband and wife, and Gozal is in love with the black haired. The blond haired is the taxi driver and the blackhaired is a hawker. The old man gets to know about the affair between Gozal and the black haired and informs the blondhaired. He intends to kill the black haired but is killed himself. The blackhaired is sentenced to death and as he asks, he is hanged on the tree under which he saw Gozal for the first time. Gozal commits suicide in the hospital. ........

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