Raving Iran

This film invites us into a reality we would never been able to witness as travellers in Iran. Arash und Anoosh are no political activists, they are just two young men dreaming about a life where a Techno party is not a reason to incarcerate them. The film is especially strong when it focuses on observation. To see the incredulous exchange of glances in the face of government-organized drug checks and thousands of scantily clad people dancing in the streets speaks more than words and the silence in the taxi to the airport tells about the enormous inner turmoil without one word spoken.

Luc-Carolin Ziemann
Programmatrice, auteure et formatrice cinéma