Description:
Jafar Panahi's son makes his directorial debut with a subtly humorous, multilayered portrait of a loving family, providing a reflection of the Iranian people's discontent with the country's hard-line government.
A chaotic yet tender family takes a road trip across a rugged landscape, but where to? In the back seat, Dad has a broken leg, but is it really broken? Mom tries to laugh when she's not holding back tears. The kid keeps exploding into choreographed car karaoke. All of them are fussing over the sick dog and getting on each other's nerves. Only the mysterious older brother is quiet.
"I don't like to underline or simplify but to leave room for viewers to experiment with the film, using their own senses and forming their own interpretations. Life and art are packed with paradoxes, and they are richer if we are left to explore them individually. It's about creating an opening, a rise above the limitations set out by norms, to create surprises that trouble and enchant (I hope so at least). The Dad character is certainly something of a mystery to me. He partly embodies my future, just as the two brothers represent moments of my past." (Panah Panahi)