Aliyar Rasti, Iran 2024, 93 Min., Farsi with English subtitles

11.09.2024 - 08:00 PM - SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA
Lindower Str. 20/22/Haus C, 13347 Berlin
Followed by a live acoustic performance of the score by Dous Duet

15.09.2024
Followed by a talk with Aliyar Rasti

To believe or not to believe would initially appear to be the question of The Great Yawn of History. The film follows the journey of Beitollah, a religious man, who recruits the young disoriented orphan Shojah in an unusual manner to help him find a treasure hidden in a cave.
The parable-like structure of the plot mesmerizes with the idea of fanaticism and what it means to blindly follow a spiral of empty hopes and promises. In the tradition of Iranian cinema which allows social criticism in the form of allegory, Aliyar Rasti fragments the Iranian status quo in a stunning, painterly work of cinema. The film's hypnotic score, composed by Ava Rasti, will be performed live acoustically after the screening. (AM)