Maryam e Jazireye hengam
Maryam and her husband live isolated on Hengam island in southern Iran, over 1000 kilometres from Teheran. She wears a burqa showing only her eyes; her husband wears sunglasses, on which the film’s narrator comments: “Man’s eyesight is poor and woman faces yet a tougher duty since she can see.” Maryam is permanently on the go, cooking, feeding the animals, tending the vegetables and going fishing with her husband. Rhythmed by the cock’s crowing, the days follow on much the same. Three young men arrive and set up a ballot box on their car’s bonnet, the radio broadcasts alarming news about Iraq… Until one day a polite man dressed in plain clothes comes to announce that they must leave the island for a few days, as the army is coming to carry out manoeuvres…
Mehrdad Oskouei, né en 1969 à Téhéran.
Cinéaste, scénariste, comédien de théâtre et photographe. Il a réalisé de nombreux documentaires distingués par les festivals, dont : Saochi, 1996 The New Year for Tribe, 1997 My Mother’s Home, Lagoon, 32 mn, 1999 Look at Me, 2001 Fondler of Light, 2001 Afghanistan, 2002 The Other Side of Burka, 52 mn, 2004
Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC); IYCS - Iranian Young Cinema Society
IYCS - Iranian Young Cinema Society; Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC)
Varoozh Karim Massihi
Mohammad Reza Delpak
Morteza Poursamadi
