This has been on my 'To See' list for quite some time. Now I recommend that everyone else see it. It is a story of a couple of young musicians who want to put together a band and tour Europe. Ashkan and Negar are a singer/songwriter duo who need some backup instrumentals before they can book any gigs. The film takes us through a series of meetings with underground bands in Tehran as they audition members for their band. Each meeting ends up being a music video with that bands style and we see quite a variety. We see heavy metal, rhythm & blues, alt rock, rap, soul. And it is this piece of the film that makes it great. The music of these local bands along with the imagery of Tehran is striking. While this is fictional, "based on" real people, it is the kind of film that you simultaneously home that it is real and hope that it is not. The music, the desire to be artists, the struggle to be relevant and the hope for a different future abound. The reality of living in terror, the total lack of control of ones life and seemingly random brutality are equally present. This duality likely represents a pretty accurate picture of life in Tehran. A must see film.
5 stars (out of 5)
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