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A young playwright and director wants to write and perform a historical drama about faith in the Ashkani period of Iran. There is an incongruity between the man's personal life, and his quest to pursue and present history. The woman who lives with him believes he should not neglect their relationship when embarking on such a quest. The people who work with the playwright believe the play ought to be made popular to satisfy the public. Finally, this matter makes the playwright perform the play all by himself.
Shahr-e ghesse is perhaps the most popular of all Persian plays, was written in traditional rhythmic style that resulted in a kind of musical drama. Although it seems at first glance to have been written for children, its main audience, it is in fact a parable about contemporary socio political issues.
Produced in the educational center of Cinema-ye Azad, the seventh filmmaking workshop.
An entity that is all ears, living in an apartment complex in a city with towering skyscrapers and full of (noise), finds life difficult to bear due to its sensitivity to (noise). It discovers a solution: a record that, when placed on a gramophone, broadcasts negative frequencies of outside environmental sounds. And the result of the (sound) played from this.....is the (sound) of silence… silence.
