What cures women of sexual promiscuity? Eating lettuce, of course, at least according to one clergyman advising women on how to control their lust, as seen in Maryam Tafakory’s film. Placed in counterpoint, fragments from Forough Farrokhzad’s poem Sin are read and written out in a celebration of sensuality.
Also see Absent Wound.
Also in this combined programme
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Arr. for a Scene
A documentary about two foley artists who provided the sound effects for one of the most legendary scenes in cinema history: the shower scen
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3rd Builders’ Street
3rd Builders’ Street focuses on the concrete-panel houses which appeared throughout the Soviet Union from the 1960s. The use of colour separation
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A Composition in Blue, Red & Other Colours
In a film that slowly reveals itself, a protagonist is in search of a voice for memories of a hostile world that hitherto could not be spoken …
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Analysis of Emotions and Vexations 2
Sober, yet ingenious pencil drawing animation with poetic comment and haunting sound capturing the filmmaker’s spirit’s volatile state. Another year p
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DIT LEARN
Like a fast-paced word game, images, words and sensations are jumbled together, urging us to rediscover the joy of learning language and meaning.
Film details
- Iran, UK
- Year
- 2018
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 8"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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