The Fire

Ehsan Moghaddasi

Iran / 2019 / Documentary / 29’36”I2001912

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SYNOPSIS

On the day of Ashura, in Iran, during a ceremony called Polke, participants make fiery balls out of clothes and spin them around their heads to mourn the death of the third Shia Imam. THE FIRE seeks to discover bonds between the lives of the participants and the problems they face in nowadays Iran.

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