A 50-minute love letter to the man who made Persian strings weep, sing, and transcend time itself.
This Documentary takes a look at the art life of Maestro "MohammadReza Lotfi", the great master of "Târ", "Setâr"; great composer of Persian traditional music and the father of art of improvisation in "Dastgâh" music. by interviewing some of the greatest Iranian traditional music maestros and his close friends such as: MohammadReza Shajarian, Hossein Alizâdeh, Bizhan Kâmkâr, Houshang Ebtehâj (a.k.a Sâyeh), Majid Derakhshâni and a lot of other great musicians, the film narrates the life of Lotfi in 4 seasons of his life, from the spring until winter.
Sound
Lotfi's tar improvisations that shatter time.
Direction
Four seasons as elegant metaphor for a life.
Production
Rare archival footage of Iranian musical royalty.
Director
Alireza MirAsadollah
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lotfi pioneered the 'radif' teaching method that saved Persian classical music from Soviet-era suppression. The film's very existence is a political act of cultural preservation.
Shajarian's tearful recollection of their final collaboration was unplanned — the director kept rolling when the maestro broke down, creating the film's emotional anchor.
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