Lotus

synopsis

After a dam flooded a village in northern Iran, one island remained. There’s a grave on it. On a hill above the new lake, an old woman looks out at it. An intimate look at the daily routine of an Iranian woman who has survived modestly for twelve years alone in a house at the base of the mountain.  She waits for permission to visit the island.

biography

Iranian filmmaker Mohammadreza Vatandoust (1978) has received more than 60 film awards. His first documentary film Red Mountain (2003) won the International Short Film Festival in Tehran. 

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