Muhammad: The Messenger of God (film)
2015 Islamic epic Iranian film directed by Majid Majidi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Muhammad: The Messenger of God (Persian: محمد رسولالله, romanized: Mohammad Rasulollah) is a 2015 Iranian Islamic epic film directed by Majid Majidi and co-written with Kambuzia Partovi. The film, set in the sixth century, revolves around the childhood of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Directed by | Majid Majidi |
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Based on | Muhammad |
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Alireza Jalili |
Cinematography | Vittorio Storaro |
Edited by | Roberto Perpignani |
Music by | A. R. Rahman |
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Running time | 178 minutes[1] |
Country | Iran |
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Budget | $40 million[2] |
The film marks the highest-budget production in Iranian cinema to date.[3] Development of Muhammad: The Messenger of God began in 2007 and Majidi wrote the first draft of the screenplay by 2009. By 2011, a colossal set created in the city of Qom near Tehran was ready for the majority of the film. Throughout the filming process, Majidi worked with a team of historians and archaeologists for the work on accuracy of the early life of Muhammad. Post-production works began in Munich during late 2013 and were completed in 2014. The cinematography is done by Vittorio Storaro and film score is composed by A. R. Rahman.
The film was set to have its premiere at the Fajr International Film Festival on 1 February 2015 but was pulled out due to technical difficulties. For the critics, film-makers and journalists, a special screening was held at Cinema Farhang in Iran on 12 February 2015. The film was released both in Iran and at Montreal World Film Festival on 27 August 2015. The film was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.[4][5]