A village where no one dies for 20 years — and the stranger who made it so.
In Aysh-abad village is 20 years that nobody has died. Because water is scarce all the people of the village are musicians. Adam is living there and all of this is because of him. One day a woman comes to the village to meet him.
Direction
Kahani turns drought into visual poetry
Acting
Baesi's silent burden carries the entire film
Director
Abdolreza Kahani
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed during actual water crises in eastern Iran; Kahani shot in drought-stricken villages with non-professional locals as extras.
The title 'Adam' evokes both the first man and 'adam' (Persian: non-existence), foreshadowing his liminal state between life and death.
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