Writer
84 years old
Bahman Farmanara
Tehran, Iran
Booye kafoor, atre yas
Bahman Farmanara
2000
1h 33m
Death surrounds Bahman, a director who hasn't made a film in 24 years (he can't get past the censors). He's working on a documentary, for Japanese TV, on Iranian burial practices.
Shazdeh Ehtejab
Bahman Farmanara
1975
1h 33m
Prince Ehtejab, one of the last remaining heirs of the Qajar royal family, is suffering from tuberculosis, which he knows is fatal. He spends his last days alone in the magnificent rooms of his wintry palace, from where he recollects the glory days of his ancestors as well as days of degradation.
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