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1976 Iranian film by Mohammad Reza Aslani

Chess of the Wind (Persian: شطرنج باد, romanized: Shatranj-e Baad), also titled The Chess Game of the Wind, is a 1976 Iranian film written and directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani.^[1] The film was screened only once before the 1979 revolution in Iran and was accompanied by a negative reception.

After being rediscovered in 2020, the film was released in different countries and was well received.^[2]

Synopsis

In an aristocratic family, the matriarch, Khanom Bozorg, dies. Her wheelchair-bound daughter, Aghdas, is left to mourn her in her large house (Moshir ad-Dowleh Mansion) alongside her mother's widower, Hadji Amoo, and his two nephews, Ramezan and Shaban.

Ramezan is engaged to Aghdas, but it becomes apparent that he is only interested in her for her money. Aghdas is looked after by a maid, Kanizak, who also cultivates a friendship with Shaban. Throughout the film, intercut scenes of