Solitude Opus 1
Kamran Shirdel
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19m
تنهایی اول
Directed by Kamran Shirdel • 2002 • Iran
Waiting for Godot on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf, an island where decay and luxury life are neighbors. A man in his eighties believes that he is still in charge of a complex for alternative forms of energy which was abolished long ago. The pictures – an homage to the late and famous Iranian director Sohrab Shahid-Saless – contrast the comment speaking about the perspectives for a great future.
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