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A modern Iranian cinema classic, Gabbeh is a brilliantly colorful, profoundly romantic ode to beauty, nature, love, and art.
The acclaimed Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s masterpiece is an epic tale of the forbidden passion that shapes the legend of a magical carpet. A folkloric rug that depicts a man and a woman riding away on horseback is the prized possession of a nomadic elderly couple. When they wash it on the bank of a creek, a beautiful young woman—Gabbeh—suddenly emerges from the rug to join them. Once held hostage by the family that fashioned the rug, Gabbeh reveals that the rug’s secret lies within a mysterious black-clad rider on a white horse. In Farsi with English subtitles. (75 mins., DCP)
Gabbeh is being shown as part of Wex Open House 2024. Join us at 4 PM before the screening for music, talks with exhibiting artists, hands-on art making, and gallery experiences with educators.
IMAGE CAPTIONGabbeh, courtesy of the American Genre Film Archive.
FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY National Endowment for the Arts Ohio Humanities
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Rohauer Collection Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY Greater Columbus Arts Council The Wexner Family Institute of Museum and Library Services Mellon Foundation Every Page Foundation Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts CampusParc Nationwide Foundation Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme The Columbus Foundation Axium Packaging
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Ohio State Energy Partners Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection David Crane and Elizabeth Dang Melissa Gilliam and William Grobman Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle
Past Film/Video
Gabbeh
