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Going Up the Stairs
Married at nine, on her wedding night Akram was so threatened with violence that she fainted. Fear of displeasing her husband drove her from school before she learned to read. Now a grandmother, and still living with her husband Heidar in Tehran, her knees hurt when she goes up the stairs. But Akram will keep on climbing them, for upstairs is where she paints. The ideas for Akram’s vibrant, striking paintings come to her in dreams. She has already had a successful local exhibition, despite the fact that her husband berates her for using too much paint. Now Akram has been invited to Paris, and hopes he will give her permission to go abroad for the first time. A charming, beautifully filmed portrait of the flourishing of an artist in the least hospitable of environments, this film also provides a rare glimpse inside a very traditional Iranian marriage.
Strands
- Festivals:
- IDFA2011 2011
Credits
Director Filmography
- 2007, Cyanosis
Contact
Jan Rofekamp
CEO/President
Films Transit
janrofekamp@filmstransit.com
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Screening
17 Jun 15:30
- Showroom 1
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16 Jun 11:45
- Showroom 3
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