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Drama Film

The Postman

March 7 at 4:45pm - March 18

At Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Downtown Berkeley, Berkeley

"resembles in its ferocity nothing less than Chaplin or the early De Sica" (Amos Vogel, Village Voice)
4K restoration by The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project

A rare chance to see a restored Iranian New Wave classic on the big screen. Dariush Mehrjui's 1972 adaptation of Büchner's Woyzeck follows a postman's unraveling in modern Iran, shot with fierce compassion for the poor. Screening in luminous 4K digital restoration.

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  • Iranian New Wave cinema
  • Classic film restoration
  • Art house screening
  • Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
  • Downtown Berkeley
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