K (2002 film)
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Franz Kafka (stories)
Mohammad Ghaffari
Rick Poli
| K | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Shoja Azari |
| Written by | Shoja Azari Franz Kafka (stories) |
| Produced by | Shirin Neshat |
| Starring | Oz Phillips Mohammad Ghaffari Rick Poli |
| Cinematography | Ghasem Ebrahimian Ben Wolf |
| Edited by | Sam Neave Andrew Sterling |
Production companies | A Parrot Prods. Inc. The 7th Floor |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
K is a 2002 film directed by Iranian American multimedia artist Shoja Azari, based on three short stories by Franz Kafka - "The Married Couple," "In the Penal Colony" and "A Fratricide." - which are all performed by the same group of actors.[1]
The film moves from a salesman’s uneasy visit to an old client in The Married Couple, to a visitor watching an officer describe a punishment device in the story In the Penal Colony, and ends with the nighttime killing of a man and the reaction of those close to him in A Fratricide.
Cast
- Oz Phillips – Robert / Explorer / Mr. Wese
- Mohammad Ghaffari – Father / Officer / Schmar
- Rick Poli – Sales Agent / Victim / Pallas
- Ann Parker – Mother
- Hamid Farjad – New Commandant
- Mitra Ghamsari – Mrs. Wese
- Shahram Karimi – Soldier [2]
Crew
- Director/Writer: Shoja Azari
- Writer: Franz Kafka
- Executive Producer: Shirin Neshat
- Cinematography: Ghasem Ebrahimian, Ben Wolf
- Editing: Sam Neave, Andrew Sterling
- Production: A Parrot Prods. Inc., in association with The 7th Floor [2]
Production
K began as a 2000 project in which Shoja Azari made three Kafka-based short films. Tirgan states that the film was made during a period of collaboration between Azari and Shirin Neshat. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2002.[3]