A former filmmaker works nights as an orthotist in Tehran. In the hospital’s restricted psychiatric ward, he meets a sedated patient, a political prisoner who has been institutionalized for years. Together they flee in contemporary Iran and encounter citizens across the country, all wounded by the same corrupt government and all united in their willingness to help the pair survive.
Presented at the San Sebastián Film Festival and at the Toronto Film Festival.
Achilles
2023
14 years
116 min.
Fiction
Iran, Germany, France
Iran, Germany, France, politics, international festivals, authoritarianism
Colorido
Farhad Delaram
Farhad Delaram
Mohammad Reza Jahanpanah
Sasan Khoshniat
Mirsaeed Molavian, Behdokht Valian, Neda Aghighi, Roya Afshar, Reza Amouzad, Firouz Agheli
Saeed Shahsavari, Frieda Oberlin, Johannes Suhm, Caroline Nataf
Saeed Shahsavari, GalanGedan Film Production, Basis Berlin Filmproduktion, Barrieri Filmproduktion, Unité
Mehrdad Jafari Raad
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