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Looking Through| 1hr : 21mins
Director: Maani Petgar | Producer: Bahram Badiee and Maani Petgar
Focus Years: 2007 | Country: Iran, (IR)
Subject Tags: conflict, culture, middle east
Quality Tags: Optimistic, Slow, Activating, Harmonizing
Synopsis:
This is a travelogue/road movie about researching and location scouting for a feature film in Masjed Suleyman (where oil was first discovered in the Middle East), Bushehr and Abadan. The ‘First’ aspects of 20th century technology and the first introduction to the Western life style, entered Iran through these cities. The main female character: ‘I was studying Media in London and part of our subject was concerned with the camera and cinema. I remember once our teacher said; “there are about 40 original films in the cinema, all the rest is remaking of the same stories and concerns. And at the end, like the real life, we're all just looking for happiness". Later on, when we had to choose a project, some of the students brought up the idea of happiness, which became the main subject of our homework. Now, we just started our journey. Maani is researching for his next film and I'm also wondering what I can do for my own happiness’. (Excerpts from the film).

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