The Sacred and the Absurd (2005)

The Sacred and the Absurd

2005
ShortDrama
8.0 / 10(5)

The last day in the life of Sadegh Hedayat, an Iranian writer in Paris, who committed suicide in 1951. Projected on three screens that resemble the walls of a room, and also the parallel narratives of Hedayat's mind, the film recounts through imagery Hedayat's last day and night.

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2005

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Release year: 2005

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The last day in the life of Sadegh Hedayat, an Iranian writer in Paris, who committed suicide in 1951. Projected on three screens that resemble the walls of a room, and also the parallel narratives of Hedayat's mind, the film recounts through imagery Hedayat's last day and night.

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