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Fifi howls from happiness / Butimar Productions and Fereydoun Firouz present ; a film by Mitra Farahani ; director, Mitra Farahani ; producer, Marjaneh Moghimi ; executive producer, Fereydoun Firouz ; co-producer, Ecran Noir Productions.

Title	Fifi howls from happiness / Butimar Productions and Fereydoun Firouz present ; a film by Mitra Farahani ; director, Mitra Farahani ; producer, Marjaneh Moghimi ; executive producer, Fereydoun Firouz ; co-producer, Ecran Noir Productions.
Publication Date:	2013
Publication Place	Chicago, IL - Music Box Films
Subject	Mohassess, Bahman, 1931-2010. Painters > Iran > Biography.
Type	Other
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource (103 minutes)
Library:	Yale University
Record ID	991010487341108651
Date	2013
Notes	Title from resource description page (viewed August 18, 2017). In Farsi with English subtitles.
Sample Text	Mitra Farahani's lyrical documentary explores the enigma of provocative artist Bahman Mohassess, the so-called "Persian Picasso," whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated pre-revolutionary Iran. Irreverent and uncompromising, a gay man in a hostile world, Mohassess had a conflicted relationship with his homeland-revered by elites in the art scene and praised as a national icon, only to be censored later by an oppressive regime. Known for his iconoclastic art as well as his scathing declarations, Mohasses abandoned the country over 30 years ago for a simple, secluded life in Italy.While the new Iranian government destroyed many of his works, Mohassess himself obliterated even more-- in rage at man's inhumanity to man, environmental destruction, and the futility of idealism. Ranging from tender to playful to haunting to grotesque, these unforgettable pieces were as mercurial as the man himself, a chain-smoking recluse with the mouth of a sailor and the soul of a poet, touched by a mischievous spark and as likely to lapse into a political rant as a burst of eccentric laughter. Determined to interview Mohassess, fine artist/filmmaker Farahani discovers him living alone in a hotel room in Rome and begins to craft the perfect final biography, in his own words and on his terms. Along the way, the inimitable spirit of the man behind the image is laid bare-both painfully sensitive and crudely comical, "condemned to paint," but unable to compel himself to leave anything behind as a legacy. When a pair of artist brothers and ardent fans of Mohassess commission him for an ambitious project, the elderly man is inspired with a renewed sense of purpose and returns to painting after decades of dormancy. A lasting tribute to an elusive artistic genius, Fifi Howls from Happiness affirms the power of creative freedom, the right of the artist to create and to destroy, and above all, to have no regrets.
Kataloğa Eklendi	July 09, 2025
Diğer Sorumlular	Farahani, Mitra, 1975- director Firouz, Fereydoun, producer Moghimi, Marjaneh, producer Butimar Productions, production company Ecran Noir Productions, production company
Dizi	Academic Video Online

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Fifi howls from happiness / Butimar Productions and Fereydoun Firouz present ; a film by Mitra Farahani ; director, Mitra Farahani ; producer, Marjaneh Moghimi ; executive producer, Fereydoun Firouz ; co-producer, Ecran Noir Productions.

Publication Date 2013

Publication Place Chicago, IL - Music Box Films

Subject Mohassess, Bahman, 1931-2010. Painters > Iran > Biography.

Type Other

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource (103 minutes)

Library Yale University

Record ID 991010487341108651

Date 2013

Notes Title from resource description page (viewed August 18, 2017). In Farsi with English subtitles.

Sample Text Mitra Farahani's lyrical documentary explores the enigma of provocative artist Bahman Mohassess, the so-called "Persian Picasso," whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated pre-revolutionary Iran. Irreverent and uncompromising, a gay man in a hostile world, Mohassess had a conflicted relationship with his homeland-revered by elites in the art scene and praised as a national icon, only to be censored later by an oppressive regime. Known for his iconoclastic art as well as his scathing declarations, Mohasses abandoned the country over 30 years ago for a simple, secluded life in Italy.While the new Iranian government destroyed many of his works, Mohassess himself obliterated even more-- in rage at man's inhumanity to man, environmental destruction, and the futility of idealism. Ranging from tender to playful to haunting to grotesque, these unforgettable pieces were as mercurial as the man himself, a chain-smoking recluse with the mouth of a sailor and the soul of a poet, touched by a mischievous spark and as likely to lapse into a political rant as a burst of eccentric laughter. Determined to interview Mohassess, fine artist/filmmaker Farahani discovers him living alone in a hotel room in Rome and begins to craft the perfect final biography, in his own words and on his terms. Along the way, the inimitable spirit of the man behind the image is laid bare-both painfully sensitive and crudely comical, "condemned to paint," but unable to compel himself to leave anything behind as a legacy. When a pair of artist brothers and ardent fans of Mohassess commission him for an ambitious project, the elderly man is inspired with a renewed sense of purpose and returns to painting after decades of dormancy. A lasting tribute to an elusive artistic genius, Fifi Howls from Happiness affirms the power of creative freedom, the right of the artist to create and to destroy, and above all, to have no regrets.

Kataloğa Eklendi July 09, 2025

Diğer Sorumlular Farahani, Mitra, 1975- director Firouz, Fereydoun, producer Moghimi, Marjaneh, producer Butimar Productions, production company Ecran Noir Productions, production company

Dizi Academic Video Online