The daughter of a secular father and a devout mother tells the story of how they co-exist under one roof. Through photos and fictional conversations, we discover the family’s change during the years of revolution in Iran. Using her own childhood as focus of the narrative, the author lets us witness the power struggle between her mother and father. During the revolution, their modern apartment – decorated with daring art by the father – gradually turns into a dreary, empty space in the hands of the religious mother. Like a diorama, the family home reflects the political events of the time. The family’s story becomes a central metaphor, depicting the intriguing puzzle that constitutes modern Iranian identity.

2020, documentary feature, 81′, written and directed by Firouzeh Khosrovani, produced by Fabien Greenberg and Bård Kjøge Rønning for Antipode Films (Norway), Joël Jent for Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion (Switzerland), Majid Barzegar for Rainy Pictures (Iran), co-produced by Steven Artels and Gaspard Lamunière for RTS Radio Télévision Suisse and Doris Hepp for ZDF in collaboration with ARTE, original score composed by Peyman Yazdanian, edited by Jila Ipackchi and Rainer Maria Trinkler

Awards (a selection)
Best feature length documentary Award – IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2020 / IDFA Reframe Award for most creative use of archive – IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2020 / Audience Award – 30th Films Fra Sor Festival Oslo 2020 / Mention Speciale – 43rd Festival Int. de Films de Femmes 2021

Festivals (a selection)
IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2020 / 30th Films from the South Festival Oslo 2020 / Göteborg Film Festival 2021 / Docpoint Helsinki 2021 / Fipadoc Biarritz 2021 / 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2021 / 13th Human Int. Documentary Festival 2021 / 18th Dublin Int. Film Festival 2021 / 45th Hong Kong Int. Film Festival 2021 / 52nd Visions du Réel Nyon 2021 / San Francisco Film Festival 2021 / 20th Festival Int. de Cine de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2021 / 50th New Directors / New Films Festival 2021 / 9th Mooov Filmfestival 2021 / 11th Beat Film Festival 2021 / 17th Biografilm Festival 2021 / 61st Krakow Film Festival 2021 / 17th ZagrebDox Int. Documentary Film Festival 2021 / 9th Visions of Iran Cologne 2021 / 19th AFI Docs 2021