Terrestrial Verses (2023)
- Original title
- آیه های زمینی
- Directed by
- Alireza Khatami, Ali Asgari
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Iran
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Rated
- 6
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 55 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film presents a series of vignettes about ordinary people in Iran navigating daily encounters with bureaucracy. Each scene shows someone facing a small but significant moment of confrontation or compromise with authority.
episodicquietrestrainedeverydaywryobservationalpoignanthumanistic
What happens
Terrestrial Verses (Persian: آیه های زمینی) is a 2023 Iranian film written and directed by Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami. It had its world premiere at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, on 23 May 2023. The film also had theatrical release in France, where it achieved approximately 100,000 admissions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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