Director Majid Majidi was present at 24th Kolkata International Film Festival 2018 to discuss about his film The Willow Tree (Beed-e Majnoon). A press conference was organized and the director himself was present to address the media and answer any questions regarding the film.

The film is about Youssef who has been blind since childhood. His sight is restored by a clinic and he is flooded by the beautiful sights around him. He also gets confused as he sees a pickpocket and other such things. What will he do next? Was the second chance that he got good for him?

Speaking at the press conference, Majid Majidi said “Cinema is cinema. Whether you make it in Iran or in India, a film is a film. Iran and India have many similarities in culture and this gets reflected in our cinema”.

He also added that many talented film makers have also come up and they are contributing to making new Iranian films.

The screenplay of the film is by Majid Majidi, Fouad Nahas and Nasser Hashemzadeh. The producer of the film is Majidi himself.

The music of the film is by Ahmad Pezhman.

Priyanka Dutta