It's Winter (12A) Language: Persian- Year: 2006:  Running time 86 minutes

The premise suggests a classic American noir: a charismatic drifter arrives in a down-at-heel neighbourhood and falls for a beautiful woman, whose husband is rumoured to have died.  But It's Winter, written and directed by the Iranian filmmaker Rafi Pitts, is actually set in the semiindustrial outskirts of today's Tehran. Featuring a predominantly non-professional cast in real-life locations, it's a pared-down, brooding work, deeply concerned with the plight of society's have-nots

Director: Rafih Pitts