JANG-E JAHANI SEVOM / WORLD WAR III

Shakib is a homeless day laborer who never got over the loss of his wife and son in an earthquake. Over the last couple of years, he has developed a relationship with a deaf and mute woman, Ladan. The construction site on which he works today turns out to be the set of a film about the atrocities committed by Hitler during WWII. Against all odds, he is given a movie role, a house and a chance at being somebody.

HOUMAN SEYYEDI

Houman Seyyedi (1980) is a prolific director, scriptwriter, editor and actor in Iranian cinema and theater. He’s a well-known movie actor in Iranian film and TV industries and has already acted in 44 feature and TV films and series, including Asghar Farhadi’s Wednesday Firework (2006). He’s running one of the most prestigious film schools in Iran and teaching film acting and has introduced many young actors to Iranian cinema. He made couple of short films before directing his debut feature film, Africa (2011) and has received numerous national and international awards for his films as well.

Reveiws:

A day laborer gets the role of a lifetime in Houman Seyyedi’s Venice-awarded drama, which gets stranger - and sadder - as it goes.

Michael Nordine, Variety