1974 / drama. thriller / Iran / 140'’ / status : completed / long feature-film
A young man mysteriously washes ashore in a canoe along the Persian Gulf, his memory erased. As he awakens and begins anew, he falls deeply in love with a captivating village woman, leading to their marriage. However, years of tranquillity shatter when enigmatic strangers from the sea arrive, relentlessly seeking him and unleashing chaos upon the village.
Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Bahram Beyzaie. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
Press
“A paranoid , prescient film of post -revolutionary Iran, inspired, according to Beyzaie , by his darkest nightmares.”
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