{{Infobox film | name = Rhino Season | native_name = {{native name|fa|فصل کرگدن}} | image = Rhino Season (film).jpg | alt = | caption = | director = Bahman Ghobadi | producer = {{ubl|Bahman Ghobadi|Menderes Demir (executive producer)}} | narrator = Bayan Nassir | writer = Bahman Ghobadi | starring = {{ubl|Behrouz Vossoughi|Monica Bellucci|Yılmaz Erdoğan|Caner Cindoruk|Beren Saat|Belçim Bilgin|Arash Labaf|Ali Pourtash}} | music = Keyhan Kalhor | cinematography = Touraj Aslani | editing = Valerie Loiseleux | studio = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2012|09|12|Toronto International Film Festival|2012|09|26|San Sebastián International Film Festival}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = Iran<ref name="Tsui2012"/><ref name=cfv>{{cite web | url=http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/films_and_schedule/movie.php?show=rhino_season | title=Chicago International Film Festival - films & schedule - Rhino Season | publisher=Chicago International Film Festival | accessdate=March 25, 2013 | archive-date=April 10, 2013 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410170108/http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/films_and_schedule/movie.php?show=rhino_season | url-status=dead}}</ref><br />Kurdistan<ref name="Tsui2012"/><ref name=cfv/><br />Turkey<ref name="Tsui2012"/><ref name=cfv/><br />Iran{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} | language = Persian<br>Turkish | budget = | gross = $381,529<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3170731009/weekend/ |title=Rhino Season |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> }}
'''''Rhino Season''''' ({{langx|fa|فصل کرگدن}}, ''Fasl-e Kargadan'') is a 2012 Iraqi-Kurdistan-Turkish docufiction film directed by Bahman Ghobadi and presented by Martin Scorsese.<ref name="Tsui2012">{{cite magazine | last=Tsui | first=Clarence | date=6 October 2012 | title=Busan 2012: Martin Scorsese Reteams with Iranian Director Bahman Ghobadi | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/busan-2012-martin-scorsese-reteams-376875/ | url-status=live | magazine=The Hollywood Reporter | archive-url=https://archive.today/20231031165309/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/busan-2012-martin-scorsese-reteams-376875/ | archive-date=31 October 2023 | access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref> Starring Behrouz Vossoughi, Monica Bellucci, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Caner Cindoruk, and Arash Labaf. The movie includes poems read and written by Bayan Nassir.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rhino Season film 'rebirth for exiled Iran director'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19587075|newspaper=BBC News|date=13 September 2012}}</ref>
The film is based on Iranian Kurdish poet and author Sedigh Kamangar, who spent 27 years imprisoned in Iran while his family was told that he was dead. For many years Sadegh's family cried over a fake grave staged by the Iranian government.<ref>[https://www.amnestyusa.org/rhino-season-and-irans-historical-trauma/ Rhino Season and Iran's Historical Trauma]</ref>
== Plot == {{No plot|date=January 2020}}
== Cast == * Behrouz Vossoughi as Sahel * Monica Bellucci as Mina * Yilmaz Erdogan as Akbar Rezai * Arash Labaf as Son * Beren Saat as Daughter * Caner Cindoruk as Young Sahel * Belçim Bilgin as Female Pimp
== Production == {{empty section|date=October 2020}}
==Reception== On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/rhino-season|title=Rhino Season Reviews|website=Metacritic|accessdate=October 5, 2020}}</ref>
John DeFoe of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' wrote, "Haunting feature that crafts fiction from the inspiration of real-life Kurdish-Iranian poet Sadegh Kamangar. Co-star Monica Bellucci may attract much of the attention Stateside, but the film's ravishing aesthetic and multiple points of political interest will make it fascinating to many cineastes".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/rhino-season-fasle-kargadan-movie-review-toronto-2012-370341|title=Rhino Season (Fasle Kargadan): Toronto Review|website=The Hollywood Reporter|last=DeFoe|first=John|date=September 13, 2012|publisher=THR Staff|accessdate=October 5, 2019}}</ref>
==Awards and nominations== {{unreferenced section|date=July 2021}} {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Award ! Category ! Nominee ! Result |- |Asia Pacific Screen Awards |Achievement in Cinematography |Turaj Aslani |{{won}} |- |rowspan=4 | Asian Film Awards |Best Cinematographer |Turaj Aslani |{{won}} |- |Best Editor |Valérie Loiseleux |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=2 | Best Production Designer |Bahman Ghobadi |{{Won}} |- |Ali Daryayi | |- |- |rowspan=2 | Camerimage |''Bronze Frog'' |rowspan=2 | Turaj Aslani |{{won}} |- |''Golden Frog'' |{{nom}} |- |Chicago International Film Festival |''Gold Hugo'' for Best International Feature |Bahman Ghobadi |{{nom}} |- |Cinema Bloggers Awards, Portugal |Best Asian Film |Bahman Ghobadi, Iran |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=2 | San Sebastián International Film Festival |''Prize of the Jury'' for Best Cinematography |Turaj Aslani |{{won}} |- |''Golden Seashell'' |Bahman Ghobadi |{{nom}} |- |Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival |''Grand Prize'' |Bahman Ghobadi |{{nom}} |}
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== External links== * {{IMDb title}} * {{Metacritic film}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes}} {{Bahman Ghobadi}}
Category:2012 films Category:Films directed by Bahman Ghobadi Category:2012 Persian-language films Category:Iraqi documentary films Category:2012 Turkish-language films Category:Iranian multilingual films Category:Iranian documentary films Category:2012 multilingual films Category:Turkish multilingual films Category:Iranian Revolution films Category:Films about rhinoceroses Category:Films shot in Turkey Category:Docufiction films Category:2012 Iranian films
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