A Kurdish wannabe director, his parrot, and Iran's soul — no explosions, all heart.
Different faces show us an Iran where tradition and modernity coexist and confront each other. Erfan Shafei invites us to discover a country through its music and its people. Erfan is a funny and ironic young Kurdish man who wants to become a film director. He sings, writes poetry, lives with his parents and his parrot, but knows nothing about love...
Direction
Tolentino lets subjects breathe — no hand-holding.
Production
Music as narrative glue across Iran's contradictions.
Director
Javier Tolentino
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