ShirinMaster filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami returns with an extraordinarily beautiful and daring exploration of the act of seeing, performance and the art of storytelling.
112 Iranian actresses (and Juliette Binoche) are photographed watching a semi-mythic Persian romance: their performances are hypnotic - tears, smiles, fear, regret - with each expression propelling the off-screen action.
Ultimately, Kiarostami's film sparks a self-conscious consideration of personal acts of viewing, offering audiences a unique engagement with cinema itself.
