Centipede (film)

Centipede
Film poster
Directed by	Abolhassan Davoudi
Written by	Amir Baradaran Peyman Jazini Mostafa Zandi
Produced by	Reza Rakhshan
Starring	Reza Attaran Javad Ezzati Sara Bahrami Mehran Ahmadi Saeed Amirsoleimani Shohreh Lorestani Omid Rouhani
Cinematography	Alireza Barazandeh
Edited by	Bahram Dehghani
Music by	Amirali Abedini
Distributed by	Filmiran
Release date	4 July 2018 (2018-07-04)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian
Box office	38 billion toman (Iran)

Centipede (Persian: هزارپا, romanized: Hezârpâ) is a 2018 Iranian comedy film directed by Abolhassan Davoudi and written by Amir Baradaran, Peyman Jazini, and Mostafa Zandi.^[1] It is the sixth highest-grossing film of all time in Iran.^[2][3] The film was theatrically released in Iran on 4 July 2018.^[4]

Plot

Reza and his friend Mansoor are pickpockets. When Reza finds out from his mother that a rich girl took an oath to marry a person injured in a war, he decides to get close to her and find a way to marry her and inherit her fortune.

Cast

• Reza Attaran as Reza Niazi
• Javad Ezzati as Mansoor
• Sara Bahrami as Elham Abbasi
• Mehran Ahmadi as Uncle Kamran
• Saeed Amirsoleimani as Hassan
• Shohreh Lorestani as Shirin
• Omid Rouhani as Elham's Father^[5][6]

Reception

Box office

The film broke several box office records and In the fifth week of its theatrical run, it became the highest-grossing film in Iran (until it was surpassed by Motreb). The film became a major box office success in Iran, grossing 30 billion toman in less than 2 months, and surpassing 4 million ticket sales in its first 45 days. It became the first Iranian movie to gross over 30 billion toman in Iran, in the seventh week of its release.^[7][8]

Home media

The film was released on a home media as a two-part film, each part lasting 90 minutes (the first part on 5 March and the second part on 13 March 2019). This caused protests and dissatisfaction from people. Critics said this was unusual and not enough information had been provided to buyers. Finally, the film distribution company stated that the reason for this was to increase the film duration from 122 minutes to 197 minutes and to add behind-the-scenes footage.^[9]

References

1. filcin.com. "بازیگران و عوامل هزارپا". filcin.com | فیلسین (in Persian). Retrieved 20 August 2021.
2. "عامل عرضه عجیب "هزارپا" در شبکه نمایش خانگی مشخص شد". خبرآنلاین (in Persian). 9 March 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
3. TABNAK, تابناک |. "کلاهی که "هزارپا" سر مردم گذاشت، با عذرخواهی برداشته می‌شود؟!". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 20 August 2021.
4. "بازیگران و خلاصه داستان فیلم هزارپا + عکس و بیوگرافی". نم نمک (in Persian). Retrieved 20 August 2021.
5. "فیلم هزارپا (1396) | سلام‌سینما". www.salamcinama.ir. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
6. "بازیگران فیلم هزارپا + حواشی، نقد و خلاصه داستان + عکس بازیگران فیلم هزارپا". سایت تفریحی و سرگرمی پارس ناز. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
7. ""هزارپا" 30 میلیاردی شد/ جدول فروش فیلم‌ها". روزنامه دنیای اقتصاد (in Persian). Retrieved 21 August 2021.
8. ""هزارپا" 30 میلیاردی شد". PANA.IR (in Persian). 25 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
9. "توضیح کارگردان "هزارپا" درباره توزیع عجیب این فیلم در شبکه نمایش خانگی". خبرآنلاین (in Persian). 9 March 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

External links

• Centipede at IMDb