White Meadows

★★★★★

Original title: Keshtzar haye sepid / The White Meadows

2009 · 1 h 32 min

Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof

Drama

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Cast

Hassan Pourshirazi Younes Ghazali Mohammad Rabbanipour Mohammad Shirvani Omid Zare Bahman Maleki

Credits

Written by: Mohammad Rasoulof

Plot

A boatman collects tears.

Sinekatalog’s take

Mohammad Rasoulof's allegorical film follows a boatman who travels among salt-lake islands collecting people's tears. Surreal and visually striking, it is a bleak, poetic fable of oppression and ritual.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (1,337 votes)
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