IDFA 2000
So Far Distance
So Far Distance
Ali Mohammad Ghasemi
Iran
1999
11 min
A camel is crossing the desert. The wind whistles across the rolling landscape, forsaken by God and all people, and creates beautiful patterns in the sand. In the next scene, a car is driving through a city with the camel in the back. We see the environment through the animal’s eyes, as it were. With his raised head, he observes the inhabited world that whizzes by; a child on a bicycle, a police officer, the illuminations above the street. Then the journey comes to an end - the camel is led into the slaughterhouse, where he meets a cruel death.
Credits
Production
Iranian Young Cinema Society
Iranian Young Cinema Society
Cinematography
World Sales
Iranian Young Cinema Society
Iranian Young Cinema Society
Screening copy
Iranian Young Cinema Society
Iranian Young Cinema Society