Pulsation
Pari
Swiss Premiere
Siamak Etemadi / Greece, France, Netherlands, Bulgaria / 2020 / 101 min / Drama
Farsi, Greek / Subtitles English
Farsi, Greek / Subtitles English
Pari and her husband arrive in Athens from Iran to see their son. When they arrive, no one is there. They penetrate the mazy streets of Exarcheia, an anarchist neighborhood where autonomists and the police fight. In search of her child, a mother becomes a woman again. Stirring.
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you”, wrote Sufi Rûmî. A couple from Iran lands in a turbulent Athens. Their son is not there to welcome them. He has disappeared. Protests continue in the heart of Exarcheia, an anarchist and anti-establishment district. Finding herself alone in her quest, the (remarkable) mother has to face her fears to be reborn like a phoenix. “Fire is my child,” the poet said.
Direction
Siamak Etemadi
Screenplay
Siamak Etemadi
Image
Claudio Bolivar
Editing
Panos Voutsaras
Sound
Boris Trayanov, Vincent Sinceretti, Jan Schermer
Music
Avia
Production
Heretic (Giorgos Karnavas), Le Bureau (Gabrielle Dumon), TopKapi Films (Frans van Gestel), The Chouchkov Brothers (Borislav Chouchkov), The Chouchkov Brothers (Viktor Chouchkov)
Co-production
Bord Cadre Films (Dan Wechsler), Jamal Zeinal-Zade
With
Melika Foroutan, Shahbaz Noshir, Sofia Kokkali, Argyris Pandazaras
International sales
Bord Cadre Films (pour la Suisse) (Dan Wechsler), Heretic Outreach (Ioanna Stais)