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Farhang Foundation is proud to partner with the prestigious American Film Institute for the 9th year in a row in presenting all the Iranian films at the 2023 AFI FEST.

TERRESTRIAL VERSES

A Film by Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami

Oct 26, 9:15pm 

In this boldly galvanizing film, co-directors Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami confront the oppression and conformity of the Iranian government via a tapestry of vignettes. Throughout progressively frustrating situations, we witness how the people of Iran are restricted in their freedoms of choice and expression in the most innocuous of situations, the absurdity of which increases with each segment. Those in control are deftly positioned offscreen, and those without it are confined to the frame in forced symmetry. With wry humor, Asgari and Khatami perfectly center (literally and figuratively) the constraints average Iranians face daily, as well as, paradoxically, the pains of making an acceptable film by government standards. With a startling final act, the filmmakers imagine a radically new Tehran that breaks free from the old regime. – Julia Kipnis

Country: Iran

Year: 2023

Directors: Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami

Screenwriters: Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami

Producers: Ali Asgari, Milad Khosravi

Director of Photography: Adib Sobhani

Editor: Ehsan Vaseghi

Production Designer: Hamed Aslani

Costume Designer: Morvarid Kashian

Music: Masoud Fayaz Zadeh

Cast/Featuring: Sadaf Asgari, Gohar Kheirandish, Bahram Ark, Arghavan Shabani, Servin Zabetian

Running Time (minutes): 77

Language: Persian