Abi and Rabi

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Abi and Rabi
Directed byOvanes Ohanian
Written byOvanes Ohanian
Produced bySako Elidze
StarringOvanes Ohanian
Mohammad Khan Zarrabi
Gholamali Khan Sohrabi Fard
Mohammd Ali Ghotbi
Amir Arjmand
CinematographyKhan Baba Motazedi
Distributed byCinema Mayak
Release date
  • 1930 (1930)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryIran
LanguageSilent

Abi and Rabi (Persian: آبی و رابی Abi-o-Rabi) is a 1930 Iranian silent comedy film and also first silent feature film in the history of Iranian cinema directed by Ovanes Ohanian and starring Ovanes Ohanian, Mohammad Khan Zarrabi, Gholamali Khan Sohrabi Fard, Mohammd Ali Ghotbi and Amir Arjmand.

Story

Gholam Ali Sahrabi and Mohamad Zerabi in Abi and Rabi, 1930 (screenshot and silent)

The film depicts the funny adventures of Abi (a tall man) and Rabi (a short man) in various situations. Abi drinks a lot of water through a plastic pipe, but Rabi's stomach grows big. Abi wants to sleep. He moves his head on the pillow because of the heat. The pillow gets torn, and the white feathers inside fly around all over the room. At this moment, Rabi enters the room. Thinking that it is snowing, Rabi opens his umbrella and holds it over his head. Rabi is squashed under a roller and he becomes tall. Abi hits him on the head with a sledge, and Rabi becomes a short and fat again. Abi and Rabi take a cab and head for Shahabdolazim. When they reach their destination, people are having their lunch and children are playing at a pool. One falls in the pool and the other's nose starts bleeding. A doctor appears to treat the injured one. Abi and Rabi order chicken in a restaurant. When the waiter brings the dish, the two start to eat with forks, but the chicken flies away.

References

  1. ^ آبی و رابی aftabir.com (Persian language)
  2. ^ Directory of World Cinema: Iran edited by Parviz Jahad, page 59
  3. ^ Directory of World Cinema: Iran edited by Parviz Jahad, page 59
  4. ^ ".: Iranian Movie DataBase فيلم آبی و رابی".

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