Mamiroo

Immortal
Directed by
Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh
Iran
2015

Ayaz, a lonely sixty-year-old man detests his life. He feels guilty about the death of his family. He's constantly in search of ways for ending his life. (Festival information)

The film has been awarded by the Fipresci jury in Busan 2015. At the Fipresci website you can read an extensive article about "Mamiroo" by jury member Mo Abdi: Being Naked in Front of The Death

The film is about a sixty-year-old man searching ways for ending his life as he feels guilty for the death of his family. It touches upon family relations and reveals the humanity and dignity of a person who, till his death, has a living love towards his only surviving grandson. The film manages to realize its objectives in a highly aesthetical and impressive quality. Through traditional oriental film-making the images of the nature and the local inhabitants seem quite vivid which helps to convey the essential issues of our death and life.

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