2023 | Iran | Fiction

(Terrestrial Verses) آیه های زمینی

  • Farsi English 76 mins
  • Director | Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami
  • Writer | Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami
  • Producer | Ali Asgari, Milad Khosravi

STATUS: Released

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In nine simple vignettes, filmed indoors with a static camera, civilians in Tehran come face to face with individuals vested with power – parents, teachers, functionaries, businessmen – in delicate dialogues that broach taboos, minor and major. These range from hijab to hair colour, from baby naming to dog ownership. Each of the vignettes unfolds as an interview between a visible subject and an offscreen authority who grills them, at times with a sadistic relish.

Tehran vignettes static camera civilians power parents teachers functionaries
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