In this experimental Iranian film, a being who has turned its back on the familiar and ordinary daily life embarks on a quest to find an escape to the beyond. It eventually reaches those who have already attained liberation and joins them. Leaving behind the ruins of its past days, it becomes part of another group of beings from a different world.
Mahvash Bargi
Farhad Majd abadi
Shokooh Najm Abadi
Mahmood Ostad Mohammad
Shahnaz Sahebi
Bagher Sahraroodi
Farrokh Tamimi
Houshang Touzie
Reza Zhian
In this experimental Iranian film, a being who has turned its back on the familiar and ordinary daily life embarks on a quest to find an escape to the beyond. It eventually reaches those who have already attained liberation and joins them. Leaving behind the ruins of its past days, it becomes part of another group of beings from a different world.
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