Video introduction
During the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Iranian Kurdish poet Sahel Farzan and his wife Mina are arrested and imprisoned, an imprisonment that only Mina survives, or so she believes. But while Mina, released after 5 years, struggles to make a new life for herself and her children in Istanbul, Sahel is in fact alive. When he is finally released 25 years later, he emerges to find that everyone he knew believed him dead, an in returning to his family he weill have to re-examine the last 30 years and perhaps face some hard truths about himself... Stills
In the late 1970s, an earth-shaking revolution broke out in Iran. Kurdish poet Sahel (played by Behrouz Vossoughi) was impacted during the revolution. He was accused of writing a large number of political poems criticizing the authorities and was arrested along with his wife Mina (played by Monica Bellui). In prison, the couple endured cruel torture and inhuman treatment. After a long sentence of thirty years, Sahel regained his freedom, while Mina had left prison five years earlier. In order to find the whereabouts of his wife, Sahel traveled to Türkiye. The couple has been crushed by time and fate, and their suffering is far from over.
The helpless search in the wilderness, the bloody memories of the past alternately emerge...
This film is adapted from the diary of the Iranian poet Sadegh Kamangar and won the Best Cinematography Award at the 2012 Asia Pacific Film Festival. Character Actor Sahel Behrouz Vossoughi? Mina Monica Bellucci -- Yilmaz Edogan Staff List
Director: Bachman Ghobadi
Screenwriter: Bachman Ghobadi
Producer: Menderes Demir (Bachman Ghobadi) Awards
The 7th Asia Film Awards (2013) Best Cinematography Turaj Aslani Best Art Director Ali Daryai / Bachman Ghobadi Best Editing (nominated) Valérie Loiseleux Best Visual Effects Farbod Khoshtinat