A2Z
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A2Z is a 2006 USA-German drama film by Daryush Shokof
Daryush Shokof
Daryush Shokof is an Iranian artist, film director, philosopher, writer, art director, and film producer, and singer...

. The film is shot entirely in Berlin, Germany in 2004.

Plot

The old man (Jack Taylor
Jack Taylor (actor)
Jack Taylor is an American actor. He first relocated to Mexico in the late 1950s/early 1960s, and later to Spain, where he has appeared in many films, mostly horror and cheesy exploitation pictures...

) and his lolita (Narges Rashidi) are lovers. They have decided to end it all by a dramatic "shoot-out" finale this very day. As they know one of them will definitely die before the day is over, they decide to have a wild ride through the last day of their lives. They rob banks, fight the Nazis, do drugs, laugh and dance, kiss, feed the poor, and finally have sex for the last time before starting up the ritual to shoot each other to death. However, as each one holds the revolver against the other, neither one knows if the other's revolver is loaded, but the ritual has to go on.

Cast

  • Jack Taylor
    Jack Taylor (actor)
    Jack Taylor is an American actor. He first relocated to Mexico in the late 1950s/early 1960s, and later to Spain, where he has appeared in many films, mostly horror and cheesy exploitation pictures...

  • Narges Rashidi
  • Daryush Shokof
    Daryush Shokof
    Daryush Shokof is an Iranian artist, film director, philosopher, writer, art director, and film producer, and singer...

  • Joachim Paul Assboeck
  • Yangzom Brauen
    Yangzom Brauen
    Yangzom Brauen is a Swiss actress, activist and writer.Brauen, the daughter of Swiss ethnologist Martin Brauen and Tibetan artist Sonam Dolma, started her acting career with small roles in Swiss television series. She had her Hollywood debut in the film Aeon Flux in the role of Inari...

  • Frank Brueckner
  • Kasem Hoxha
  • Reiner Opoku
  • Daryoush Zandi
  • Barbara Kowa
    Barbara Kowa
    Barbara Kowa is an Austrian actress. She was born on March 5, 1973, in Hannover, Germany.Mainly known for her theater work in Germany, France, and Japan, Miss Kowa made some impressive international film and television appearances, i.e. in Lexx...


Award

Narges Rashidi won the Best Breakthrough actress award as the lead actress in the film at the New York International Film and Video Festival NYIIFVF in 2007.

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