The Hunter

by Rafi Pitts

In an act of vengeance, Ali a nightwatcher in Tehran, randomly kills two police officers on a highway. He becomes a fugitive and flees towards the northern forest, where he gets caught. In the remoteness of the woods, the boundaries between the hunter and the hunted begin to blur.

Germany / Iran 2010, 88 min.

Recently released from prison, Ali makes the most of his return, amidst much talk of the upcoming elections and promises of change. Despite working nights, he tries to spend the most time possible with his beautiful wife and young daughter. To escape the stress of urban living, Ali retreats to his favorite pastime of hunting in the secluded forest north of town. Tragedy strikes and Ali’s wife Sara is accidentally killed in a police shoot-out with demonstrators. After a long and frustrating experience at the police station, Ali’s own search for his missing six-year-old daughter ends in horror and pushes him over the edge. In broad daylight, overlooking the busy city’s surrounding highways, Ali randomly shoots and kills two policemen. After a high-speed car chase outside of town, Ali flees into the northern forest where he is captured by two police officers. Ali is resigned to his fate and watches quietly as the arguing policemen lose their way in the woods. Situations complicate and the line between hunter and hunted becomes difficult to define…

Actor / Actress	Character
Rafi Pitts	Ali Alavi
Mitra Hajjar	Ali´s Wife
Ali Nicksaulat	Policeman
Hassan Ghalenoi	Policeman
Manoochehr Rahimi	Inspector
Ismail Amini	Young Man in Warehouse
Nasser Madahi	Old Night Guard
Ali Mazinani	Youngh Night Guard
Ossta Shah-Tir	Ali´s Father
Malak Khazai	Ali´s Mother
Saba Yaghoobi	Ali´s Daughter

Director	Rafi Pitts
Script	Rafi Pitts

Producer	Thanassis Karathanos
	Mohammad Reza Takhtkeshian

supported by	Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
	World Cinema Fund
	FFA – German Federal Film Board

in co-production with	ZDF
in co-operation with	ARTE

Distributor	Neue Visionen
World Sales	The Match Factory

Director of Photography	Mohammad Davudi
Editor	Hassan Hassandoost
Sound Design	Noemi Hampel
Re-recording Mixing	Lars Ginzel
Art Direction	Malak Khazai

International Premiere:

16.02.2010, 60th Berlin International Film Festival

Festivals (selection):

Hong Kong International Film Festival, 2010

Cannes Film Festival, 2010

Melbourne International Film Festival, 2010

Toronto International Film Festival, 2010

Reykjavik International Film Festival, 2010

Vienna International Film Festival, 2010

São Paulo International Film Festival, 2010

Tokyo FILMeX, 2010

Turin Film Festival, 2010

Thessaloniki International Film Festival, 2010

Seattle International Film Festival, 2011

International Istanbul Film Festival, 2011