Ali Asgari & Alireza Khatami – Ayeh haye zamini AKA Terrestrial Verses (2023)

A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s license, applying for a job, or seeking approval for a film script, if you live in Iran, you best come fluent in Orwellian discourse. Progressing along a rough timeline from birth to death, each story is shot in a static camera angle as a single petitioner negotiates with an authority figure hovering just outside of frame, who is practiced in the language of doublespeak.

Quote:
“One of the most brilliant and provocative films to emerge from Iran recently… It is a scathing critique of the poisoned power relations in the Islamic Republic, relations that corrupt interactions by people at every level of Iranian society. ”
– Godfrey Cheshire, RogerEbert. com

Terrestrial Verses (2023).mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 16 min
Size: 	1.77 GiB
Video
Codec: 	h264
Resolution: 	1920x1080 
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
Frame rate: 	24.000 fps
Bit rate: 	3 097 kb/s
BPP: 	0.062
Audio
#1:  	English 2.0ch AAC LC @ 192 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/D800A069895CDDA/Terrestrial_Verses_(2023).mkv

Language(s):Persian
Subtitles:English (hardcoded)