Manijeh Hekmat

This documentary examines the professional and artistic life of Rasoul Sadrameli, a prominent Iranian film director, from the pre-revolutionary era to the present day. One of the main parts of the film is a heartfelt conversation between Rasoul Sadrameli and the late Kiyomars Pourahmad, in which they talk about their cinematic works and their long-standing friendship.

Through five portraits of relatives and mentors, five expressions of resistance, Pegah Ahangarani sketches her life story. Drawing from personal archives, home videos, street protests footage, newspapers, and recorded voices, she retraces more than 40 years of Iran’s history. From the early days of 1979, until the war that began in 2026, she pieces together intimate and collective memories, forming the portrait of a country shaped by political repression and in constant hope for a revolution.