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A mysterious loner roams the streets of a megalopolis every night. His mission: destroy roaches’ nests. Dressed in an aluminum get-up beneath several layers of clothing, he tries to prevent his frail body from being exposed to electromagnetic waves. In his second feature film, a rare example of fantasy cinema made in Iran, Vahid Vakilifar sheds his semi-documentary style and devotes himself to creating a dark atmosphere to frame a narrative which mirrors his concerns regarding mankind’s fate. Official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival and the Rotterdam Film Festival 2013.
Vahid Vakilifar
Born in Iran, in 1981. He graduated in film studies and got his master’s in filmmaking at the University of Soureh, in Tehran. He worked as an assistant director in several feature films before releasing, in 2004, the short Hayery. His first feature, Gesher (2010),whas shown at the Abu Dhabi Festival, where it was honored as the best film directed by a newcomer, and the Saint Petersburg Festival, where it won a Special Jury Award. This is his second feature.
