ATHLETES
(Pahlevanan)

Year of Production: 2000
Subtitles: English
Documentary, Betacam, Color, 34 min.
Director: Amir Shahab Razavian, Javad Dadsetan
Camera: Amir Shahab Razavian, Majid Barzegar
Editing: Rozette Ghadery
Cast: Ghasem Labbani
Producer: Hilaj Film

Synopsis: Documentary about the Iranian traditional athletics.
760 years ago, the armies of Mogul invaded Iran by the leadership of Changiz Khan and after some years the whole territory was captured and occupied by them.
The Moguls governed Iran but the Iranians were busy with military preparation and training in secret places in order to fight with them.
After centuries, the traditional sport of Iran is a memorial of Iranian's battle against Moguls and during it they exercise with means similar to war devices.
In this film we accompany with Mr. Ghasem Labbani, one of the athletes of traditional sport. The invasion of Moguls and the comparison between it and that of technology and motorcars is seen in the film parallel to the exercising of athletes.