ULUSLARARASI FİLM YARIŞMASI | Yönetmen: Ali Asgari
In a small Iranian city, a group of ordinary men are suddenly arrested and accused of a crime they did not commit. Confined to a bleak detention center, they wait for justice that never seems to arrive. What begins as a straightforward case slowly transforms into a surreal ordeal, where bureaucracy, blind authority, and religious morality intersect in increasingly absurd ways.The men are questioned, humiliated, and pushed to confess, while their families remain powerless outside the system. As the proceedings drag on, everyday details—food, silence, jokes, small acts of solidarity—become a lifeline against the crushing weight of oppression. The situation grows ever more paradoxical, at once tragic and darkly comic, mirroring the contradictions of a society caught between tradition and modernity, belief and control.Echoing the timeless themes of Dante’s Divine Comedy, Ali Asgari constructs a sharp social satire that is also a deeply human story. The film highlights the absurdity of injustice while giving voice to resilience, dignity, and the fragile hope that survives even in the face of relentless repression.