Marmoulak is a good adaptation form " We're No Angels " (1989) by Neil Jordan !
same story , same people but a very good adaptation to Iranian cult .
actually i like this version more than original because it's very funny and dialogs are SUPERB !
i realized the exact same thing after watching this movie, and it goes without saying that marmoulak is far superior. and thats saying a lot, considering how funny and talented JC REilly and Penn prove to be in we're no angels (i also believe it was a mamet screenplay if im not mistaken?). tho wider audiences might not see the humor in marmoulak, esp. if they lack a basic understanding of iranian culture and of life under the mullahs. i honestly cant remember laughing as hard watching a movie as i did with this one.
shareYes , "We're No Angels" is Written by David Mamet...and u know what is so funny ?....Kamal Tabrizi (Director of Marmoulak) said somewhere that he has never seen "We're No Angels" !!!
shareLa Cuisine de Anges was the orginal play
Michael Curtis directed the 1955 movie with Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, and Peter Ustinov. Great film. Very Funny.
"Joseph, Julius and Albert escaped prison on Devil's Island. Loitering around the port, awaiting a ship to take them away, they decide to steal some goods from a merchant. Letting him hire them to repair the roof, they can take insight into the private life of his family. Isabelle, the 18-year-old daughter of the couple, is still unmarried and longs for her old love Paul, who is back in Paris. Felix, her father, is afraid of cousin André, who owns the shop and will fire him if there are no black numbers to be reported soon. A little later, Paul and André arrive on the island surprisingly - and are far less sympathetic than the family expected. But there still are Joseph, Julius and Albert. And not to forget Adolf, the little poisonous Viper Albert carries around in a basket constantly."
I noticed that similarity, too, although Marmoulak uses one character to depict the qualities represented by three characters in We're No Angels.
shareThe story bears remarkable resemblance with Chalie Chaplin's famous movie "The Pilgrim" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014358/, where charlie played the role of a runaway convict who uses disguise of a Christian priest.
The scene where he meets a beautiful girl and her mother on a train is similar to the one here. As in Marmoulak, the locals mistook him as their new minister and took him with them. In both films, the police arrives at last and their real identity is uncovered.
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