Mourning (Iranian Film Festival 2012)

Come join us at this free screening of Mourning, co-presented by the Global Film Initiative and part of the Global Lens 2012 film series.

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Winner of the top prize at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival, Morteza Farshbaf's debut feature is unique in a number of ways--not the least of which is that the two main characters are deaf and communicate almost entirely in sign language. As the characters bicker during a road trip, the audience learns tantalizing pieces of information about their passenger, a young relative whose parents disappeared in the middle of the night. A protege of Abbas Kiarostami, Farshbaf "fashions a consistently surprising and blackly comic road trip that may herald the arrival of a major new Iranian talent" (Institute of Contemporary Art, London). (Dir. Morteza Farshbaf, Iran, 2011, 84 min., Persian and sign language with English subtitles.) Part of the series Iranian Film Festival 2012.

Our meeting spot will be outside the entrance to the Meyer Auditorium.

We can go to the Smithsonian Castle Cafe for a post-movie coffee/tea/drink or bite to eat.

Smithsonian Metro Station nearby for blue and orange lines.