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A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s license, applying for a job, or seeking approval for a film script, if you live in Iran, you best come fluent in Orwellian discourse. Progressing along a rough timeline from birth to death, each story is shot in a static camera angle as a single petitioner negotiates with an authority figure hovering just outside of frame, who is practiced in the language of doublespeak.
as Siamak
as Mehri
as Ali
as Sadaf
as Farbod
as Faezeh
as Young Father
as Aram
as Selena
as 100-year-old man
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as (voice)
as (voice)
as (voice)
as (voice)
as (voice)
as (voice)
as (voice)
as (voice)
as (voice)
2022
2023
2023
2024
2010
1990
2023
2011
2024
1984
2021
2023
2023
2021
2023
2024
