Terrestrial Verses

2023 [PERSIAN]

Drama

4
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 1494 1.5K

corruption bureaucracy sexism iran oppression abuse of power

Plot summary

A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s license, applying for a job, or seeking approval for a film script, if you live in Iran, you best come fluent in Orwellian discourse.

Director

Alireza Khatami Photo
Alireza Khatami

Top cast

Farzin Mohades Photo
Farzin Mohades as Ali
Faezeh Rad Photo
Faezeh Rad as Faezeh
Majid Salehi Photo
Majid Salehi as Siamak
Ardeshir Kazemi Photo
Ardeshir Kazemi as 100-year-old man
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708.48 MB
1280*922
Persian 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 17 min
Seeds 5
1.28 GB
1444*1040
Persian 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 17 min
Seeds 12

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by JvH48 9 / 10

A series of unrelated shorts, showing authority abuse as common theme. Lots of humor included. Genders evenly mixed, so not the usual man against a woman assumed in Iran

Saw this at the Rotterdam film festival 2024 (IFFR). A series of shorts, with a common theme: authority against the common man and woman. Luckily, contrary to what we could expect in Iran, not all scenes were an authoritarian man against a powerless woman. On the contrary, genders were evenly mixed, so the suppression of women in Iran was not the main theme.Lots of humor involved, despite the seriousness of the respective situations. What happens is very recognizable, also outside Iran, and could overcome us tomorrow.The shorts are completely unrelated plotwise, just the "authority" gaps were common. Nevertheless, a single counter example was the case of the student against the school director, where the tables seemed turned all of a sudden and the student could leave the room unpunished.All in all, very satisfied to have seen this, devoid of the well-known Iranian issues. I scored a 5 out of 5 for the audience award after the screening.
Reviewed by peter0969 9 / 10

Amazing masterful exploration of the conflicts of individual's lives in Iran

Iran cinema has continued to impress me with their ambitious atmospheres, stories, writing, and concepts and this movie is another masterful work.Presented using interesting setting structures and direction approaches, many of the themes of authority over people and gender problems are well-explored with being mixed of both serious and satirical tones that are strong and appropriate. Many of the dialogue between the characters are amazing and nature, the performances from the cast are great, and the writing and camerawork is honestly great. The filmmaker succeeds on presenting the issues woman and people face in Iran with it's ambitious themes and the style choices and sound designs felt purposeful.For a short run-time, it succeeds with many moments. Another Iranian masterpiece to add.
Reviewed by MehdiTaba 8 / 10

Bold filmmaking, so funny and bitter.

A unique film about ridiculous struggles of Iranian people with the Iran's regime, conservatism, Islamism and some crap attitudes of some people.Family-friendly.In Iran everything is a struggle, to make you tired and stop you from activism, they wear people down and use them, our regime is corrupt to the teeth.Such filmmaking in Iran is rare and bold, we should support such filmmakers.It's an anthology film consists of these short films: Tehran. David. Selena. Aram. Sadaf. Faeze. Farbod. Siamak. Ali. Mehri.I'm sure it's a shocking film to foreigners.Funny, cool, social commentary, bold, essential, interesting, well-made, unique, statically shot, tragicomic, critical, bitter, sad & inspiring.Good direction. Very good screenplay. Good production. Good acting. Good edits. Good film score. Above average audio mixing/editing. Above average cinematography. Cool/critical tone. Moderate-paced. Well-balanced.I really liked it.7.5/10.
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