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A haunting, poetic study of life, love and the mysteries of time comprised of super-8 home movies from Iran.

An eerie, sometimes unsettling essay film inspired by a short story of the same title by Gregory Burnham and the novel Autoportrait by Édouard Levé, filmmaker and poet Mohammadreza Farzad’s existential meditation is pieced together from 8mm home-movie footage from various Iranian people. The effect is transfixing, inviting the audience to commune with a collective portrait that transcends time.