Iranien

by Mehran Tamadon

France, Switzerland
2014
105 min
Feature film
Color

Official selection 2014

Official synopsis

Back in his homeland, Mehran Tamadon convinces four ultra-conservatives to live with him for a few days. This experience is a way to think about "living together", to find common ground between opposing visions of what an ideal society is: secular for the Iranian filmmaker, religious for his opponents. It’s an incredible philosophical and political exercise which reminds us of “The Republic” of Plato.

Biography and Filmography

Mehran Tamadon was 12 when he moved to France. In Paris, he graduated from an architecture school. He successfully created his first documentary, Behest Zahra, Mère de Martyrs (2004) and his first feature film, Bassidji ( (2009). Iranien is his second feature film, and won the Grand Prize at Cinéma du réel.

by Mehran Tamadon

Mehran Tamadon was 12 when he moved to France. In Paris, he graduated from an architecture school. He successfully created his first documentary, Behest Zahra, Mère de Martyrs (2004) and his first feature film, Bassidji ( (2009). Iranien is his second feature film, and won the Grand Prize at Cinéma du réel.