2007 · addiction · music · drama
Santouri
Directed by Dariush Mehrjui1h 47m2007
Ali is son of a well-off family who plays the santoor (an Iranian instrument) and has earned some reputation through his concerts and teaching music but is rejected by his family because of this profession, which they despise. He falls for one of his music students but after a short blissful period, life doesn't treat him as well as before and also his addiction agonizes him in his numbered days before redemption.
Our read: Santouri (2007) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded addiction · music · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured addiction / music, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- intense
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