One Candle, Two Candles

One Candle, Two Candles (Kurdish: Êk Momik, Du Momik‎) is a 2014 Kurdish comedy-drama film edited, produced, written and directed by Jano Rosebiani and starring Katrin Ender and Enwer Shexani.

One Candle, Two Candles
KurdishÊk Momik, Du Momik
Directed byJano Rosebiani
Written byJano Rosebiani
Produced byJano Rosebiani
StarringKatrin Ender
Enwer Shexani
CinematographyHamid Ghavami
Edited byJano Rosebiani
Music byAlain Pierre
Production
company
Evini Films
Release date
Running time
93 minutes
CountryKurdistan
LanguageKurdish

Plot

In the outskirts of Kurdistan, a young woman named Viyan is getting married to Haji Hemmo, an old but rich businessman. The marriage, according to the tradition, is forced, which Viyan despises. Despite the fact that both her father and groom agreed to do a wedding, she is refusing to participate. When Viyan lockes herself in the bedroom, and then climbs out of the window to get to a tree, evenually resulting in sleeping the night on it, Haji Hemmo becomes angry with her. Feeling that he becomes the laughing-stock of the town, he decides to whip Viyan and lock her in the bedroom. Meanwhile, a charming traveler shows up and is falling in love with her. Haji Hemmo then becomes furious and goes after both his wife, and the young artist Botan, who will stop at nothing to win her heart.

Cast
  • Katrin Ender as Viyan
  • Enwer Shexani as Haji Hemmo
  • Hussein Hassan Ali as Dino
  • Kurdo Galali as Haji Hemmo
  • Mina Ibrahimzadeh as Kitan
  • Gulbahar Kavjo as Zozan
  • Enwer Shexani as Mam Choli
  • Parwar Tariq as Botan
  • Murad Miqdad as Dilovan
  • Wehid Behdini as Gavan
  • Dilsoz Maweti as Asia
  • Mehdi Ismail as car dealer
  • Nalin Kobani as first wife
  • Tara Ebdilrehman as second wife
  • Cemil Zikri as prison warden

Reception

One Candle, Two Candles received mostly negative reviews. On Metacritic, the film holds a rank of 30 out of a 100 based on four critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[1]

Martin Tsai of the Los Angeles Times wrote "At its best, the film seems as dreary a travelogue as that Nia Vardalos vehicle My Life in Ruins, At its worst, Chaplin of the Mountains feels like an overambitious film-school thesis with superfluous political and philosophical posturing".[2]

Nicolas Rapold of The New York Times wrote "Mr. Rosebiani evidently wants to avoid depressing his audience while addressing a serious subject, but his aims are likely to be lost in this film’s strained mugging".[3]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter criticized the film by saying that "Filmmaker Jano Rosebiani strains too hard to infuse this tale of domestic violence with wacky humor".[4]

According to Amir Sharifi and Ali Ashouri of The Kurdistan Tribune admired the "[well] assigned roles[by the characters]", which "create a seemingly jocular context for the melodrama".[5]

Awards

One Candle, Two Candles was selected as a candidate for the 2015 Golden Globes Award.[6]

References
  1. "One Candle, Two Candles". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  2. "Review: Jano Rosebiani's pedestrian explorations of Kurdish culture". Los Angeles Times. June 24, 2014. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  3. Rapold, Nicolas (February 21, 2014). "One Candle, Two Candles". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. p. C8.
  4. Scheck, Frank (February 19, 2014). "One Candle, Two Candles…: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  5. Sharifi, Amir; Ashouri, Ali (June 21, 2014). "Kurdish diasporic cinema: 'Chaplin of the Mountains' & 'One Candle, Two Candles'". Kurdistan Tribune. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  6. "Foreign Language Films Compete For Golden Globe". Golden Globes. November 30, 2014. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
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