An Iranian film that takes a quite different approach. The plot concerns some filmmakers trying to make a documentary about a death-ritual in a remote village in Iran. Nothing in the movie is overly dramatized, all the action is very ordinary. Even an “accident” near the end of the movie is not over-played like most every mainstream movie is prone to doing. There are no big emotional scenes – you have to look for the emotion of the movie. Many of the scenes focus on things other than the main action (for example, a conversation is filmed, but the whole time the camera focuses on an uninterested 3rd party) At times it comes across as quite tedious and dull, but that’s how everyday life is. I’m glad every movie isn’t like this, but I’m also glad this one is like it is. (plus, the setting – the village – was really neat)