Under the Moonlight - 2001

Directed by Reza Mir Karimi

Seyyed (Hossein Parastar), a young seminary student, tracks down the thief who stole his clerical robes and finds them amongst a group of people living in poverty under a bridge who treat him with kindness despite early suspicions.

Color, 1 hour 36 minutes, Farsi

Original Title: Zir-e Noor-e Mah

Watch Trailer (Farsi), Watch Scene (Farsi w/English subtitles)

Star Rating

Firouzan Rank # 13

Cast

Hossein Parastar	Seyyed Hassan
Hamed Rajabali	Jujeh (Chick)
Mehran Rajabi	Principal of Seminary
Ali Bekanyan	Jalal
Mahmoud Nazar Alian	Rostam
Asghar Heydari	Majid
Bahram Shakeri	Pahlavan (Champion)
Mohammad Soleimanpour	Musician
Shaghayegh Dehghan	Jujeh's sister
Mohammad Khani	Letter Writer
Fereshteh Sadr Orfani	Majid's Sister
Bahareh Namjew	Nurse
Fereshteh Sadr Orfani	Majid's Sister

Crew

Writer	Reza Mir Karimi
Director	Reza Mir Karimi
Producer	Manouchehr Mohammadi
Director of Photography	Hamid Khozoui Abyaneh
Sound Recordist	Mohammad Mokhtari
Production Designer	Reza Tarabi
Editor	Nazanin Mofakham
Sound Mixer	Massoud Behnam Mahmoud Moussavinejhad
Music	Mohammad Reza Aligholi

Pictures

Seyyed reluctantly buys the supplies to make a proper clerical robe despite his doubts on his intention to follow through.

An over friendly boy hustles Seyyed and ultimately steals his supplies.

Seyyed sticks out as the only student yet to be vested.

After tracing down the thief's whereabouts, Seyyed finds an eclectic group of downtrodden humanity, including "Pahlavan" (Bahram Shakeri) who enjoys composing poetry on the fly despite being illiterate.

The blind musician (Mohammad Soleimanpour) often raises the group's spirits with his joyful melodies.

Composing a petition, or at least going through the actions.

The group's de facto leader, Rostam (Mahmoud Nazar Alian) dictates the petition, whose recipient is God.

Seyyed brings some hot food for the group.

Seyyed's friend and roommate addresses his doubts, "..These are laborer's clothes, clothes for hard work. Well we have good workers and bad workers..."