Synopsis
I am the product of Iran’s struggle between secularism and the Islamic ideology. My parents’ love story takes us from the Shah era to the Islamic Revolution and the hardships during the Iran-Iraq War, up to the present day – all in our home in Tehran. In my childhood, I was constantly forced to choose between my parents; each day, I endured imposition from one side and acceptance from the other.
Norway, Iran, Switzerland
2020
Farsi with English subtitles
81 minutes
16+
Director: Firouzeh Khosrovani
Cinematography: Mohammad Reza Jahanpanah
Editing: Farahnaz Sharifi, Rainer Maria Trinkler
Sound: Ensieh Maliki, Hugo Ekornes
Music: Peyman Yazdanian
Producer/s: Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
Born in Tehran, Firouzeh Khosrovani settled in Italy to pursue her artistic studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. After graduating in 2002 she returned to Iran and acquired her Master’s degree in Journalism. She made her debut as a filmmaker in 2004 with Life Train, a documentary on the ‘play’ therapy provided for the traumatized children of Bam in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake. In 2007, she directed Rough Cut, a film about mutilated plastic mannequins in the shop windows of Tehran, which won thirteen international documentary film festival awards, followed in 2008 by Cutting Off, an installation and video art piece for the Triennale di Milano. Followed 1001 Irans (2010), Espelho Meu (2011), Unveiled and Veiled Again (2012), Profession: Documentarist (2014) and Fest of Duty.