Bitter Coffee (Persian: قهوه تلخ Ghahve-ye Talkh) is a historical comedy series directed by Mehran Modiri
and produced by the Aghagolian brothers. Three episodes are released at
a time (roughly every week) on three VCD or one DVD, priced in Iran at 25000 rials (currently approximately $2.50). The first set of episodes were released on 23 Shahrivar 1389 (13 September 2010).
Background and controversy
Production of the series began in June 2009. Bitter Coffee was meant to be produced for television, to be broadcast by the IRIB,
but due to various disagreements between IRIB and the series'
producers, it didn't air. An alleged reason for disagreement between the
producers and IRIB was that the producers required all of the
advertisement for the series to be used as their payment, but IRIB
refused to agree. Another rumoured reason was disagreement about the
planned content of the series. IRIB officials eventually refused to show
Bitter Coffee, and the series was eventually distributed in VCD format, at various outlets throughout Iran.
Storyline
The series begins with history teacher Nima Zande-Karimi (Siamak Ansari)
realising that his extensive research on Persian and world history is
of little use to financing his day-to-day life. He is about to leave
Tehran for good to go back to his hometown by the name of Darab,
when he comes across young university student Roya Atabaki (Sahar
Jafari-Jozani) who is researching for her final year dissertation, which
is regarding the period 1198–1203, that is said to be a period of
turmoil for Iran's ruling elite. Such turmoil that, very few books are
available on that period for Roya's research. It is then that Nima
receives an anonymous telephone call, which leads him to Niavaran Palace
(currently a museum), where he is told to have a coffee and wait. The
coffee (which is bitter) is ready and he duly drinks it, his sight
becomes hazy, and when he manages to refocus he is in the year 1201
(1822 AD), and the story develops therein.
Reception
This
was a very much anticipated series, as are all of Mehran Modiri's works,
partly because it had been 4 years since his last major series work Baghe Mozaffar,
discounting the two short series he did for the new years 1387 and 88,
and partly because it had been rumoured to be ready for release the
previous winter, and then the new year period for 89, before eventually
being released at the end of the summer of 1389, and not on television
but as a DVD release. As a result, according to the series' website,
half a million copies of the first installment were sold on the first
day of release alone.[3]
At first Ghahve-ye Talkh was planned to be a 90-episode comedy series.[4] Story of Bitter Coffee, like recent Modiri works, is focused on critiquing aspects of Iranian social behaviour.
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