Italy, France, USA / 2016 / 105 min. / Director: Amir NADERI
Having shot his previous film, "CUT", in Japan, Amir NADERI's newest work has been shot entirely in Italy. In the late Middle Ages, Agostino lives with his wife and child in a village at the foot of a mountain. The giant mountain towers over the village like a wall, blocking out most of the sun's light which makes farming impossible. Agostino, ignoring advice to move away, continues to live in the village, but their wretched condition only persists. In the end, Agostino takes the surprising action of challenging the mountain itself.... The scenario of "continuing to do a single action as if possessed by something" common in NADERI's films is, in one sense, driven to the extreme limit in this atypical masterpiece. The film screened at the Venice Film Festival where NADERI was honored with the "Glory to the Filmmaker" award.
