Shirin
Director Abbas Kiarostami
Countries
Duration 92 min
Synopsis
114 famous Iranian theatre and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the XII century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text - a long favourite in Persia and the Middle East - remains invisible to the viewer of the film. The whole story is told by the faces of the women watching the show.
114 famous Iranian theatre and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the XII century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text - a long favourite in Persia and the Middle East - remains invisible to the viewer of the film. The whole story is told by the faces of the women watching the show.