| Director: | Houman Seyedi |
|---|---|
| Production: | Houman Seyedi |
| Running Time: | 107’ |
| Language: | Farsi |
| Country: | Iran |
| Main Cast: | Mohsen Tanabandeh, Neda Jebreili, Mahsa Hejazi, Navid Nosrati |
| Screenplay: | Houman Seyedi, Arian Vazir Daftari, Azad Jafarian |
| Cinematographer: | Payman Shadmanfar |
| Editor: | Houman Seyedi |
| Production Designer: | Mohesn Nasrolahi |
| Costume Designer: | Elham Moien |
| Music: | Bamdad Afshar |
| Sound: | Alireza Alavian |
| Visual Effects: | Farid Nazer Fasihi |
Cinema
Jang-e jahani sevom (World War III)
Orizzonti
Synopsis
Shakib is a homeless day laborer who never got over the loss of his wife and son in an earthquake years ago. Over the last couple of years, he has developed a relationship with a deaf and mute woman, Ladan. The construction site on which he works today turns out to be the set of a film about the atrocities committed by Hitler during WWII. Against all odds, he is given a movie role, a house and a chance at being somebody. When Ladan learns about this, she comes to his workplace begging for help. Shakib’s scheme to hide her goes tragically wrong and threatens to ruin his newfound status and what seemed to be the opportunity of a lifetime.
Director’s Statement
Hannah Arendt once said that in dictatorships, everything goes well up until 15 minutes before total collapse. Societies ruled by such totalitarian regimes are the most effective creators of anarchists. I’ve always wondered for how much longer there can be tyranny and oppression in the world and who the people are who will be crushed by the powerful rulers of such plagued societies. People who will fight tooth and nail to obtain their most basic needs—a house, a job and a family. And everything they end up obtaining is nothing but a façade—decorative and artificial. There will always be those who have the power to give and those who are desperate enough to receive. And this vicious cycle will continue up until 15 minutes before total collapse—and it will restart soon after...
Production/Distribution
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