Country: USA
Year: 2002
Duration: 74'
Gretchen is trying to beat her own personal record: to do 77 crossword puzzles in 24 hours. The girl takes the subway and travels throughout New York as she fills out the puzzles she has brought with her. She marks her progress with a system that only an obsessive-compulsive person like her could like. In the meantime, her mother unsuccessfully tries to reach her at home, leaving her messages on the answering machine…
Biography
film director
Amir Naderi
Amir Naderi (Iran, 1946) reaches
international recognition
in the early ‘80 with films like The Runner and
Water, Wind, Dust.
He moved to New York at the end of the ’80s,
where he spent over ten
years filming a trilogy dedicated to the American metropolis:
Manhattan By
Numbers (1993), A, B, C… Manhattan (1997),
and Marathon (2002).
Sound Barrier is the first of a new trilogy that explores and studies
sounds
and soundtracks as dramatic elements.
FILMOGRAFIA
Khodahafez
rafigh (Goodbye
Friend, 1971), Tanga
(Strait, 1973), Tangsir (Tight
Spot, 1974), Saz
Dahani (Harmonica, 1974), Entezar (cm, Waiting,
1974), Sakhte
Iran (Made in Iran, 1978), Marsieh
(Elegy, 1978), Jostoju
(Search, 1980), Jostoju-ye dovvom (Second
Search, 1981), Barandeh
(The Winner, 1984), Davandeh (Il
corridore, 1985), Aab,
baad, khaak (Acqua, vento, sabbia, 1989),
Manhattan by numbers
(id., 1993), A, B, C… Manhattan (id.,
1997), Marathon (id.,
2002), Sound Barrier (2005).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura, fotografia e suono: Amir Naderi.
Director of photography: Michael Simmonds.
Editor: Amir Naderi, Donal O'Ceilleachair.
Cast and characters: Sara Paul (Gretchen), Trevor Moore.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Amir Naderi, New York, USA, fax +1-212-6731467.
Director of photography: Michael Simmonds.
Editor: Amir Naderi, Donal O'Ceilleachair.
Cast and characters: Sara Paul (Gretchen), Trevor Moore.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Amir Naderi, New York, USA, fax +1-212-6731467.