With Atabay, Niki Karimi and Hadi Hejazifar have created a new style in Iran's film industry. This can be considered a debut in representing cultural diversity in a country where all the fim industry & show business had so far been only invested and focused on a narrow cener-orianted (Persian) language and culture. Iran is a multi-lingual multi-cultural country where Azerbayjanis have been playing a substantial role in preservation and enrichment of art and culture. Therefore, aside from its successful technical and artistic attributes, Atabay is widely welcomed by people whose cultural legacy has been ignored by and suppressed the mainstream media for many decades. This movie is a wise move towards representation of artistic and cultural diversity in Iran, which is cherished and admired by people and critics. Highly recommended.
Review of Atabai
Atabai
(2020)
Authentic movie introducing a new perspective to Iranian film industry
28 January 2022