They are both on the run: the man with the dog he is not allowed to own because Islamic law deems it to be unclean, and the young woman who took part in an illicit party on the shores of the Caspian Sea. They barricade themselves in a secluded villa with curtained windows and eye each other suspiciously. Why has he shaved his head? How does she know he is being followed by the police? They are now prisoners in a house without a view in the midst of a hostile environment. The voices of police can be heard in the distance, but so too can the calming sound of the sea.... One time they look at the night sky full of stars before again withdrawing behind their protective walls.Are we looking at outlaws, or are the man and the young woman merely phantoms, figments of the imagination of a filmmaker who is no longer allowed to work? [show more]
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Jafar Panahi co-directs, writes and produces this Iranian drama. The story follows an unnamed screenwriter (Kambuzia Partovi) who lives in his blacked-out three-storey villa on the Caspian Sea with just his dog for company. During a thunderstorm, the writer's quiet existence is disturbed by the unwanted arrival of siblings Melika (Maryam Moqadam) and Reza (Hadi Saeedi), who are looking to hide out from the police. Although their presence makes him uneasy, the writer relents to their pleas and lets the suicidal Melika stay after her brother leaves to look for a car. As the writer becomes increasingly paranoid he is further disturbed by more unannounced visitors to his home.
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