简介：IttooktwoyearsforMehranTamadontopersuadethefoursupportersoftheIranianregimetorisktakingpartinanexperimentwithhim.Nowhereceivesthemasguestsathisfamily’scountryhousetotryoutsomethingthatdoesnotexistinIran:apluralisticsociety.Asthewomendisappearintotheguestrooms,themendiscusstheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofasecularsociety,theveil,abortion,freedomofthepress…Theguestsnotmerelyoutnumberthefilmmaker,whoiscriticaloftheregime,butarealsomastersofrhetoric.Againandagain,theytwisthiswordsandusethemagainsthim.Hissecularsociety,theyargue,isjustasideologicalastheirreligiousone.Themoodiscontentious,butthere’salsoagreatdealofcommunallaughter,prayerandcooking.Intheend,theattempttocreateasocialutopiafailsastherearesimplytoomanyissuesthatarenon-negotiable.Butdoesthatmeanthattheexperimentitselfhasfailed?Afterall,forabrieftime,differinglifestylesandopinionsmanagedtoco-exist.Adialoguetookplace.Forthefilmmaker,however,there’llbeahighpricetopay.(Berlinale2014)…