Dear Elnaz
Elnaz died in an air disaster on January 8, 2020, when the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran shot down the passenger plane she was in. Her husband gives full vent to his grief and rage in this fittingly unpolished film.
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Besieged
Mahsoor
When an old man's donkey refuses to pull its cart of bricks anymore, the man has no choice but to pension off the beast of burden.
Credits
Director
Mohammad Reza Akbari
Co-director
Behnam Motearefi
Production
Mohammad Reza Akbari
Editing
Mohammad Reza Akbari
Sound
Mohsen Zohoori
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Repeating the questions that Abbas Kiarostami put to school children in Homework (1989), this film provides an indirect portrait of contemporary Iran, where poverty, illiteracy, and emotional neglect are more pressing issues than schoolwork.
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