The Glass Agency

The Glass Agency (Persian: آژانس شیشه‌ای‎) is a 1998 Iranian drama film directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia.

Plot

Two veterans of Iran-Iraq war, Abbas and his wartime commander Kazem are the main protagonists of the film. Abbas comes to Tehran to seek medical treatment for a war injury. Kazem wants to help Abbas as the doctor recommends that he should go abroad for the operation. However, it is almost New Year's Eve, and arranging a flight becomes difficult. The problems they encounter make Kazem loose his temper, and he ends up taking a whole travel agency hostage.^[1]

Cast

• Parviz Parastui - Haj Kazem
• Reza Kianian - Salahshoor
• Habib Rezaei - Abbas Heydari
• Asghar Naghizadeh - Asghar
• Bita Badran - Narges
• Ghasem Zareh - Ahmad Kuhi
• Behrouz Shoeibi - Salam
• Farshid Zarei Fard - Agency Manager
• Majid Moshiri
• Ezzatollah Mehravaran
• Nasrin Nakisa
• Mehrdad Falahatgar
• Mohammad Hatami
• Sadegh Safai

Awards

• Won Crystal Simorgh Best Film Fajr International Film Festival 1998
• Won Crystal Simorgh Best Actor (Parviz Parastui) Fajr International Film Festival 1998
• Won Crystal Simorgh Best Supporting Actor (Reza Kianian) Fajr International Film Festival 1998
• Won Crystal Simorgh Best Supporting Acterss (Bita Badran) Fajr International Film Festival 1998
• Won Crystal Simorgh Best Director (Ebrahim Hatamikia) Fajr International Film Festival 1998
• Won Crystal Simorgh Best Music (Majid Entezami) Fajr International Film Festival 1998
• Won Crystal Simorgh Best Screenwriter (Ebrahim Hatamikia) Fajr International Film Festival 1998
• Won Crystal Simorgh Best Film Editor (Hayedeh Safiyari) Fajr International Film Festival 1998
• Nominated three Crystal Simorgh other's in Fajr International Film Festival 1998

References

External links

• The Glass Agency at the Internet Movie Database