A BAND OF DREAMERS AND A JUDGE
Stories of buried treasures haunt the mountains of Savadkuh in northern Iran. Gangs of prospectors drill into its treacherous slopes, dreaming of laying their hands on this alleged ancestral wealth. As these gangs roam the mountains, a local judge and her law enforcement officers, tasked with putting an end to illegal looting, are always one step behind them. A documentary filmmaker accidentally joins one of these gangs, posing intricate questions for the authorities.
Hesam Eslami is a Teheran-based filmmaker who has directed and produced documentaries for international TV and Cinema since 2013. His latest work focuses on the margins of Iranian society. His first feature, the 20th Circuit Suspects (2017), depicts a gang of young delinquents stuck in a cycle of petty theft and prison as they survive their adolescence on the streets of Teheran. His second feature, The Marriage Project (2019), co-directed by Atieh Attarzadeh, looks at the right to a love life within the confines of a Teheran psychiatric institute. A Band of Dreamers and a Judge is his third feature. Following in the footsteps of the first two, it depicts characters who refuse to be victims of circumstances and risk everything to take their fates into their own hands.
A BAND OF DREAMERS AND A JUDGE (doc.)
DIRECTOR: Hesam Eslami
COUNTRY: Iran, France
YEAR: 2023.
RUNTIME: 84‘
LANGUAGE: Persian
PRODUCTION: Caractères Productions
PROGRAMME LINE: BORDER FREE ZONE
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