Roxana
- This is a past program
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive screening series 2024 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema. Learn more at cinema.ucla.edu.
Titanic, Suitable Version for Iranian Families (2023)
A team of Iranian television censors debate the finer points of on-screen propriety while outside their office window more consequential forces are beginning to stir.
DCP, color, in Persian with English subtitles, 15 min. Director: Farnoosh Samadi.
Roxana (2023)
A listless young man splits his time between caring for his mom (barely), hanging out at the local underground pool hall and spending his best friend’s money. A chance encounter with Roxana after her car is broken into focuses his attention and soon he’s centered his life around helping her recover a stolen camera she needs for her wedding photography business. Helping her solve her problems, however, only deepens his own. Writer-director Parviz Shahbazi builds an arresting take on the experience of young Iranians struggling to find their way and start their lives in a world where one misstep can have the direst of consequences.
DCP, color, in Persian with English subtitles, 119 min. Director: Parviz Shahbazi. Screenwriter: Parviz Shahbazi. With: Yasna Mirtahmasb, Mahsa Mahsa Akbarabadi, Maede Tahmasbi. 119 min.
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