From Afar (2006)
Overview
"From Afar" traces the malaise of a young artist and intellectual in three episodes: Book Burning, Breathing and Dawn. The Young protagonist lives in contemporary Tehran and he appears as a film student, an asthmatic businessman and a successful architect. In each story, he journeys toward a spiritual insight or emotion.
Cast
Koorosh Tahami
Omid / Mehran / Majid
Jamshid Hashempour
Sheikh / Painter / Father
Behnaz Jafari
Mehran's Wife
Homayoun Ershadi
Doctor
Mehdi Miami
Warrior
Dariush Arjmand
Professor
Mahbubeh Bayat
Mehran's Mother
Kamand Amirsoleimani
Majid's WifeRecommendations
The Young One
Skin
Hardball
The Color of Friendship
Holy Lands
Requiem for a Dream
The Nest
Farming
El Chicano
The Safety of Objects
Cardboard Boxer
Girl in the Box
3 Faces
Starving in Suburbia
Fast Girls
Seeds of Yesterday
Bastard Out of Carolina
What Maisie Knew
Brotherly Love
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl