original title:
Raye makfhi
italian title:
Il voto è segreto
directed by:
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
music:
producer:
production:
Fabrica, Rai Cinema, Payam Films, Sharmshir
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Iran/Italy
year:
2001
film run:
105'
format:
colour
release date:
02/11/2001
festivals & awards:
An unsuspecting soldier awakens to discover that he can forget
about another uneventful day at his lonely seaside post. It's
election day!
A ballot box is parachuted down as a young woman pulls up
to the shore of the remote island. To the soldier's surprise, she's
actually the government bureaucrat in charge of local voting.
The couple get off to a rocky start since the soldier expects
election agents to be men.
Whether he wants to or not, the soldier is thrown into an
elections adventure that just may put him out of a job. Orders
from above force him to accompany the female agent in an army
jeep across the island's dusty desert. The agent literally leaves no
stone unturned in her search for ballots. Many a surprise lies
along their route, as they find themselves in one absurd situation
after another.
So much can happen in a single day, especially when opposites
attract. Views can change, hearts can melt. By sunset, a woman's
idealistic notions can come back down to earth. And a lonely
man can discover there's more to voting by secret ballot than he
ever imagined.