This is may be the best movie(as a film static) by Shokof. this one tops all his heavy handed conceptually driven pseudo intellectual,Shokfesque Gem movies previously. this hilarious film is about two girls who are the most delightful pair (really an act by both Taies Farzan as the lead,,and Narges Rashidi)on the screen. one can probably not relate to the oddity of the film until perhaps past the first 20 minutes of the movie, where all different layers of the intertwined stories have settled and the ride to a sensational adventure to a most joyful adventure begins. The two stunningly beautiful girls (Taies Farzan resembles a wild Jamaican Sophia Loren with an afro, as Narges Rashidi is the more of the modern type)take a heavy load of drug from a mean drug lord (Sigi, played very well by Monika Schubert) to sell on a credit. as time passes they realize that they are not made for it , and so decide to bring the load back and ask Sigi to forget the whole deal, BUT, not so fast Jose. things start to go wrong every which way from that moment on in this extraordinary attempt in making a Real All Women Film (on locations) and in real street situations (on times even the pedestrians have been staged to be women)in Berlin, Germany. Then there is the Taxi_driver (called Benny Hur, played brilliantly by Souzan Alavi). Then, there is the killer girl played by a cult figure herself (Barbara Kowa). and then, there are one sensational situation after another . Shokof mentioned in a screening of the film that the film was based upon an idea he had developed in early nineties with his artist friend George Dokoupil where they made a trash film called: Ben Hur, The Breathless ,Taxi Driver in Casablanca. the film was to be a tribute to great movies made by great Directors of cinema, but then he developed the idea of re-making it and call it only Breathful (with respect to Goddard,s Breathless) and dedicate the whole film to the cause of Freedom for women in his home land Iran. To make things worse, Fuss falls in love with Sigi,s daughter Naomi who is played by a great looking Tina Mcervale in her first feature. She is a touch all by herself in the role and shades a great light onto this assembly of wonderful actresses from and or living in Germany. A most sensational section of the picture is when they follow the advice from Fuss,s old friend (Buddy Rich) played well by Marina Welsch to become artists. the gallery scene is out of this world. finally the two girls plus Naomi(boss,s daughter) reach the end of the rope in a shoot out scene facing Sigi the Boss and Co., and Vasline Basmati (acted greatly by Britta Horn).
the usage of amazing names alone is a cause to see this film. Their saving life angel (Benny Hur) appears after the shoot out to take their half dead bodies out of the scene, and in another wild taxi ride of their life. a true Cult is to emerge from the master of Cult Mr.Shokof. hats off. a 10 for being out of this world. o, i almost forgot to mention Mr.Shokof,s nose as special appearance to be the only male element throughout the movie where two Iranian women (Taies Farzan and Nargess Rashidi are both Iranian-Germans living in Germany)make all the fools of the nose in this coolest scene in any film ever.
the usage of amazing names alone is a cause to see this film. Their saving life angel (Benny Hur) appears after the shoot out to take their half dead bodies out of the scene, and in another wild taxi ride of their life. a true Cult is to emerge from the master of Cult Mr.Shokof. hats off. a 10 for being out of this world. o, i almost forgot to mention Mr.Shokof,s nose as special appearance to be the only male element throughout the movie where two Iranian women (Taies Farzan and Nargess Rashidi are both Iranian-Germans living in Germany)make all the fools of the nose in this coolest scene in any film ever.