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Apr 26, 2024 · Terrestrial Verses. “Terrestrial Verses,” one of the most brilliant and provocative films to emerge from Iran recently, has qualities that link it to both the modernist formal traditions of post-1979 Iranian cinema and the more recent trend of social and political asperities aimed at the authoritarian repressiveness of the Islamic Republic.
Apr 25, 2024 · ‘Terrestrial Verses’ Review: Sitting in the Bureaucrat’s Seat Ordinary Iranians face a maze of byzantine rules and small indignities in this series of gripping vignettes. Listen to this ...
Terrestrial Verses is a 2023 film directed by Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami. [1] [2] Synopsis. Iranians try to assert their rights in their country's system, whether it is the administration or the school, in work relationships or the procedures of everyday life.
Oct 5, 2023 · Terrestrial Verses: Directed by Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami. With Bahram Ark, Ali Asgari, Sadaf Asgari, Ardeshir Kazemi. Ordinary people navigate societal constraints in a series of vignettes.
Terrestrial Verses follows everyday people from all walks of life as they navigate the cultural, religious, and institutional constraints imposed on them by various...
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Jun 8, 2023 · ‘Terrestrial Verses’ Review: A Series of Striking Snapshots of Everyday Oppression in Iran. Alireza Khatami and Ali Asgari co-direct a powerfully direct compilation of nine stories about ordinary...
May 23, 2023 · Terrestrial Verses, which takes its title from a poem by 20th century iconoclast Forugh Farrokhzad, cycles from birth to death, beginning with the frustrated efforts of a new father...