Three women of three generations, grandmother, mother and daughter, who have lost their relationships, try to find their identities. Minoo, a forty year old woman, a carpet expert , lost in her obsessions and doubts, tries to save a precious ancient rug. Her daughter's left and Minoo's looking for some traces to find her. Minoo's mother suffers amnesia and she is lost carrying the same precious ancient rug and conjuring her memories up by travelling into the past. Pegah, Minoo's daughter, has left home and wanders in deserted regions of Iran. She meets a young man on the road, and together they continue their adventures. These three women find out their common identities through their searches. Shall these three generations find each other to preserve their homeland?
Screenplay: Naghmeh Samini
Cinematography: Dariush Ayari
Editing: Mostafa Khergheh Poush
Music: Heydar Sajedi
Sound: Parviz Abnar
Cast: Niki Karimi, Pegah Ahangarani, Maryam Bubani, Nazanin Ahmadi, Reza Kianian, Atila Oesiani, Babak Hamidian, Shahrokh Forutanian
Prizes and selections:
Berlinale 2008 (Panorama)
Production:
Bamdad Film
(Tehran, T +98 21 88318827; F +98 21 8 8318827; bamdad-film@kanoon.net)
Distribution:
Iranian Independents
(Tehran, T +98 912 3198693; F +98 21 22271157; info@iranianindependents.com)
10 Nov, 18.00 - Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Cinema)
11 Nov, 11.00 - Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Cinema)
13 Nov, 20.30 - Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Auditorium)