The Wasteland (2020)
- Original title
- دشت خاموش
- Directed by
- Ahmad Bahrami
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Iran
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- K
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In an Iranian desert, a young worker oversees a crumbling brick factory that is being demolished. He struggles with isolation and the monotony of his daily routine as the last traces of his old life disappear.
slow-burnmelancholicquietisolatedcontemplativebleakminimalistintrospective
What happens
The Wasteland (Persian: دشت خاموش, romanized: Dashte khamoush) is a 2020 Iranian drama film directed and written by Ahmad Bahrami. the film premiered on September 3, 2020, at the 77th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Orizzonti Award.Prize 2021 of the international jury at the Festival Nouvelles Images Persanes in Vitré (France) (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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