title: Still Life (1974 film)
text: # Still Life (1974 film)
  
  Still Life (Persian: طبیعت بی‌جان, translit. Tabiate bijan) is a 1974 Iranian film directed by Sohrab Shahid-Saless. It was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Zadour Bonyadi - Mohamad Sardari
  * Mohammed Kani
  * Hibibollah Safarian
  * Habib Safaryan
  * Zahra Yazdani
  
  ## Plot
  
  For more than three decades, aging Iranian Mohamad Sardari (Zadour Bonyadi) has worked as a crossing guard at a desolate train station. Through the years, Mohamad has done little to stifle the loneliness and boredom inherent in the job. Meanwhile, back at his family home, life is similarly uneventful: Mohamad's wife passes the time sewing night and day, especially since the couple's son left to join the army. As time passes, Mohamad mechanically continues to do his duty.
  
  