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Oblivion Verses
Los versos del olvido

Director(s): Alireza KhatamiFR, DE, NL, CL92 min.2017
64%(21 ratings)
Categoriesfiction
Accessibilitynot suitable for minors under 15 years of age
LanguagesSpanish (orig.)
SubtitlesEnglish, slovak
Black and white / colourcolor

The elderly caretaker of a remote morgue possesses an impeccable memory for everything – except names. He spends his days serving as a dependable navigator for the bereaved lost in the labyrinth of graves, and tending to his beloved plants. When protest breaks out in a nearby city and the militia covertly raid the morgue to hide civilian casualties, the caretaker discovers the body of an unknown young woman. Despite imminent danger and memories of personal failure, he embarks on a magical odyssey. With the help of a mystic gravedigger who collects stories of the dead, an old woman searching for her long-lost daughter and a hearse driver tormented by his past, the caretaker resolves to give the unknown woman a proper burial. “[This film] is about the ethical demand to remember the past and resist the violence of forgetting as a form of personal redemption. A reflection on the politics of memory, it is a poetic homage to those who fight to seek justice for the unknown.” (Alireza Khatami)

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Projection of Oblivion Verses at IFF ART FILM 2018
International Competition of Fiction Feature Films
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