آیه های زمینی (2023)

Title: Terrestrial Verses

Original Title: آیه های زمینی

Release Date: 2023-10-05

Status: Released

Rating: 7.4/10 (from 47 votes)

Language: FA

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Production Companies: Taat Films, Seven Springs Pictures, Cynefilms, Tell Tall Tale

A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s license, applying for a job, or seeking approval for a film script, if you live in Iran, you best come fluent in Orwellian discourse. Progressing along a rough timeline from birth to death, each story is shot in a static camera angle as a single petitioner negotiates with an authority figure hovering just outside of frame, who is practiced in the language of doublespeak.