In 1965 detective Babak Hafizi (actor Amir Jadidi) undergoes an interrogation after the Prime Minister was assassinated in front of the Parliament. Meanwhile, in flashbacks, he investigates the suspicious suicide of an exiled political prisoner in a vast desert valley. Assisted by a hippie sound engineer and a geologist, Hafizi unravels more than one mystery throughout this journey into the world of conspiracies, paranoia and hallucination. Stylish and visually attractive, this highly original political mystery told from multiple perspectives and time periods is completely dissimilar to any other Iranian film made this year.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 47 min.
- Country, year
- Iran, 2016
- Genre
- Drama, Mystical
- Language
- Persian, German
- Subtitles
- English, Lithuanian
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Mani Haghighi
- Producers
- Mahdi Davari, Mani Haghighi
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Director
Mani Haghighi
Mani Haghighi studied philosophy at McGill University, Montreal before returning to Iran to make films. His first feature, Abadan (2003) premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. His screenplay for Asghar Farhadi’s Fireworks Wednesday (2006, co-written with the director) won the Special Jury Prize at the Three Continents Festival (Nantes). His second feature film, Men at Work (2006) won the Best Screenplay Prize at the 2007 Asian Film Awards (Hong Kong) and the Best Screenplay Prize in the international section of the Fajr Film Festival (Tehran).
