Nightly Whispers

A portrait documentary about one of the most prominent pioneers of the Iranian modern cinema, Sohrab Shahid Saless. In 1969, a young man of 26 years of age returns to his country Iran after years of studying cinema and going through the hardship of living abroad as a university student. He does not want to become a filmmaker in the commercial and valueless cinema of that time, so he chooses a different and – of course – a very hard path for the making of his films. The result of the daring choice is the two features A Simple Event and Still Life, which are remembered today as the most important and most influential first examples of the formation of the Iranian modern cinema. The pioneer filmmaker is nobody but Sohrab Shahid Saless. But how he succeeded in the making of the unconventional films? And how are his films related to the vicissitude in his life?

An old optician is going to close his optometry shop due to his weak eyesight. But there is still a client who has not referred to receive her spectacles yet.

When a young woman gets the chance to have a conjugal meeting with her imprisoned husband after a long time, ​she decides to re-experience a romantic time in the apathetic and harsh atmosphere of the prison.

A man goes home after buying a mirror. The house is quiet, but the shattered mirror in the frame indicates some events have happened before.

A middle aged woman reluctantly accepts to take part in his son’s nightly party, but not as a guest. She is the hostess.

A young woman goes on a journey to find a shrine she has accidentally come across while travelling with her husband a few years ago, to pray for the healing of her husband’s illness. The only thing that can help her find the way is a film they have shot with a home camera on their previous journey.

A young woman goes to her neighbour in the middle of the night and asks her to help her have an abortion. However…

A documentary about the life and career of Gholam Peirovani, a football coach in Iran, and he manages his team in a spiritual style.

In a school, Persian literature teacher wants the boys to read a poem from the book, but everybody has an excuse…