简介：Thischaracter-based,symbolically-heavy,meshofrealityandfictionexploresDeathwiththeeyeofwisdomandthefearofoldmenclosetothegrave.Thedialogueismostlydeep,funny,meaningful&clever.Thestory&scriptarewellconstructedalthoughtheexplorationofdeath&friendshiparebetterdonethatthebackdropthemesoffamily&country. Thewriter/directorBahmanFarmanaraaswellastheleadactorRezaKianianwereofattendancetopresentthiswell-receivedfilm.Bothshowedconsiderableskillintomakingthispictureriseaboveinbothcontent&presentation.Theactingofthetwooldwriterfriendsreunitedafter38yearsisofhighcaliberandcomesacrossthescreeneffortlessly,efficiently,passively,powerfully.Thisisanactorfilm,yetthisisalsoundeniablyawriter'sfilmwithapalpable,reasonablevisionofdeath.Thedirectingandediting(bothvisual&sound)arethelastcrucialelementinmixingstorylinesandgivinginterestingparallelsthatflownarratively.Thiswasdoneremarkablywellandaddedtotheoverallfeelofmysteryandanticipation/dreadofthefilm. Thestory'sendingdidnotseemtoquitefulfillthetallorderthisstrongfilmhadsetitselfuptoaccomplish,yetitisnotamishitanddoesnottakeawayanythingfromthebetterpartofthefilm,onlyitdoesnotaddmucheither.Itisadenouementthatunfoldswithoutquiteinspiringandwithouttheimpactandpotencyofearlierdialogues.Itunwindsfromtheintenseelusiveintriguinghighpointanddescendstothemoremundane.Aresolutionlessdeparturewouldhavemadethismuchbetterinmyeyes.Theonlythingthatseemedtopotentiallyredeemtheendisthefinalshotofthemovie. Nonetheless,thecharismaoftheactorsandofthefilmitselfisworthseekingthisoneout.Themulti-levelmessage,thereal-lifereflections,thedelicioushumour,thesearchformeaning,theseekingofoneself,thetransientunderstanding,theself-worth,theacceptanceoffate&death,areallreasonswhythismoviewillreachyouonewayortheother.…