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| 'Bitter Dream' Wins Greek Film Award By The Associated Press posted Nov 29, 2004, 18:34 |
THESSALONIKI, Greece - An Iranian movie on the life of a man who prepared the dead for burial for 40 years has won the top award at the 45th Thessaloniki Film Festival.
Mohsen Amiryoussefi's "Bitter Dream" received the Golden Alexander for best international film, winning a cash prize of $44,400, organizers said Sunday.
The 32-year-old Iranian filmmaker describes how Abbas Esfandiar, who has accompanied the dead to their final resting place all his life, discovers his own mortality.
"Bitter Dream" is Amiryoussefi's first feature film. It won a special mention award at this year's Cannes Film Festival.