Rent The Blood of Hussain (1980)
3.5 of 5 from 50 ratings
2h 37min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
Political, subversive and artistically maverick, Pakistan's leading filmmaker Jamil Dehlavi's remarkable body of work stands out for its originality and engagement with social and political questions. He is an artist whose vision captures the diversity and power of both the religious and the secular in everyday life.
The Blood of Hussain (1980) the annual mourning procession for the murdered Hussain (Salmaan Peerzada), grandson of the prophet Muhammad, is the setting for an allegorical tale of revolutionary struggle against injustice and oppression. Banned by successive military regimes in Pakistan, the film has achieved legendary status in its country of origin. This release includes Dehlavi's landmark...
Towers of Silence (1975) which weaves scenes of Zoroastrian funerary rituals - in which bodies are consumed by vultures - with glimpses of armed insurrection, juxtaposing traumatic landscapes of sex, death and faith.- Actors:
- Salmaan Peerzada, Kika Markham, Durriya Kazi, Kabuli Baba, Mirza Ghazanfar Begg, Fauzia Zareen, Zil-e-Subhan, Abdul Karim Baloch, Jamil Dehlavi, Mubila, Khayyam Sarhadi, Aliya Begam, Shoaib Hashmi, Samina Peerzada, Imraan Peerzada
- Directors:
- Jamil Dehlavi
- Producers:
- Jamil Dehlavi
- Writers:
- Rafiq Abdullah, Jamil Dehlavi
- Aka:
- Husseins Herzblut / Towers of Silence
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- The Film Highlights of 1980, Top 10 Films By Year
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 22/10/2018
- Run Time:
- 157 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono, Urdu LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Between the Sacred and the Profane (2018, 66 mins): Dr Ali Nobil Ahmad explores the cultural, artistic and political background of Jamil Dehlavi's films
- Jamil Dehlavi in Conversation (2018, 76 mins): an on-stage conversation between the director and curator Timothy Cooper
