Description
Comprised of nine vignettes, Terrestrial Verses sheds light on the everyday struggles of ordinary citizens in Iran, as they grapple with oppression.
In Tehran, a new father seeks to register the name (insufficiently Islamic, he is told) of his newborn son; a 20-something rideshare driver caught on camera without a hijab attempts to retrieve her impounded car; a man with poem tattoos applies for a driver's license; an elderly woman pleads with the police for the return of her beloved dog. This taut, pulsing drama -- composed of nine deceptively simple, single-take vignettes, each featuring an ordinary Iranian citizen facing an unseen bureaucrat -- brilliantly incarnates the absurdity, hypocrisy, and seeds of defiance that belie authoritarian control.
Media
Cast & Crew
Actors:- Majid Salehi as Citizen
- Gohar Kheyrandish as Citizen
- Bahram Ark as Citizen
Director: Ali Asgari
Director: Alireza Khatami
Additional Details
Label: KimStim
Genre: Drama
Language: Persian
Run Time: 77 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 10/08/24
UPC: 698452218533