The Hunter

  • a film by Rafi Pitts
  • Feature film
  • 88 min
  • 2010

In an act of vengeance, Ali a nightwatcher in Tehran, randomly kills two police officers on a highway. He becomes a fugitive and flees towards the northern forest, where he gets caught. In the remoteness of the woods, the boundaries between the hunter and the hunted begin to blur.

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Info

  • Genre

    • Drama / Thriller

  • Countries of Production

    • Germany / Iran

  • Language

    • Farsi

  • World premiere

    • 16th February 2010 – Berlinale

  • German cinema release

    • 8th April 2010

  • a production by

    • Twenty Twenty Vision

  • in co-production with

    • Aftab Negaran Filmproduction, Pallas Film, ZDF / Arte

  • in association with

  • with the support of

    • MBB – Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, World Cinema Fund, FFA - German Federal Film Funding

  • World Sales

    • The Match Factory

  • Distribution

    • Neue Visionen Filmverleih
Synopsis

Recently released from prison, Ali makes the most of his return, amidst much talk of the upcoming elections and promises of change. Despite working nights, he tries to spend the most time possible with his beautiful wife and young daughter. To escape the stress of urban living, Ali retreats to his favorite pastime of hunting in the secluded forest north of town. Tragedy strikes and Ali’s wife Sara is accidentally killed in a police shoot-out with demonstrators. After a long and frustrating experience at the police station, Ali’s own search for his missing six-year-old daughter ends in horror and pushes him over the edge. In broad daylight, overlooking the busy city’s surrounding highways, Ali randomly shoots and kills two policemen. After a high-speed car chase outside of town, Ali flees into the northern forest where he is captured by two police officers. Ali is resigned to his fate and watches quietly as the arguing policemen lose their way in the woods. Situations complicate and the line between hunter and hunted becomes difficult to define…

Cast

  • Ali Alavi

    • Rafi Pitts

  • Ali's wife

    • Mitra Hajjar

  • Policeman

    • Ali Nicksaulat

  • Policeman

    • Hassan Ghalenoi

  • Inspector

    • Manoochehr Rahimi

  • Man in the warehouse

    • Ismail Amini

  • Nightwatchman

    • Nasser Madahi

  • Nightwatchman

    • Ali Mazinani

  • Ali's father

    • Ossta Shah-Tir

  • Ali's mother

    • Malak Khazai

  • Ali's daughter

    • Saba Yaghoobi
Crew

  • Written by

    • Rafi Pitts

  • Directed by

    • Rafi Pitts

  • Producers

    • Thanassis Karathanos, Mohammad Reza Takhtkeshian

  • Director of photography

    • Mohammad Davudi

  • Editor

    • Hassan Hassandoost

  • Set design

    • Malak Khazai

  • Location Sound Recordist

    • Hossein Bashash

  • Sound Design

    • Noemi Hampel

  • Mixing Engineer

    • Lars Ginzel
Festivals
  • Hong Kong IFF
  • Melbourne IFF
  • Toronto IFF
  • Reykjavik IFF
  • Vienna IFF
  • São Paulo IFF
  • Tokyo FILMeX
  • Turin FF
  • Thessaloniki IFF
  • Dubai IFF
  • Palm Springs IFF
  • Seattle IFF
  • Intl. FF Istanbul
Awards
  • Nomination Golden Bear / Berlinale IFF

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