2009 · drama · iranian
The White Meadows
Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof1h 32m2009
Rahmat travels to a host of islands in a vast salt pan in order to collect the inhabitant's tears for an unknown purpose. He is joined on his mysterious journey by a young boy searching for his father. As their travel nears its end, a potent critique of Iran's political leadership emerges.
Our read: The White Meadows (2009) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, surreal drama · iranian entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama / iranian, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
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