The Sealed Soil
- 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.
In Person: filmmaker Marva Nabili
Restoration world premiere
The predictable rhythms of daily life in a rural village belie the radical upheaval and quiet resistance at work in writer-director Marva Nabili’s history-making 1977 debut. As her family and neighbors prepare to relocate their entire community to make way for a government-mandated construction project, a young woman rebels against the restrictions imposed on her after reaching marrying age. Refusing all suitors, she cultivates a private inner world that her family interprets as demonic possession. An extraordinarily subtle but powerful exploration of female subjugation and resistance, The Sealed Soil returns to the big screen after almost 50 years in this restoration world premiere.
DCP, color, in Persian with English subtitles, 90 min. Director: Marva Nabili. Screenwriter: Marva Nabili. With: Flora Shabaviz.
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