Gisoum

Navid Behtoei / Iran

Screening

B the travel brand Xperience Barcelona

28-10-2022, 19:00 h.

Film Information

Year: 2021

Duration: 87'

Language: VOSE

Genre: Drama

Synopsis

After the death of her mother, a young woman discovers that her father is still alive. Driven by curiosity, she returns to Iran from France to reunite with him after 30 years without knowing his whereabouts. Together with her husband and some old friends, desperately searching for a missing father, she travels to the northern shores of Iran. Gradually, during the journey, they will all realize that she hides many secrets.

Director

Navid Behtoie (Tehran, 1983) graduated in Theatre (BA) and Dramatic Literature (MA) from the Tehran University of Arts (Faculty of Cinema and Theatre) and Cinema (MA) from the University of Caen-Normandy. He continued his studies in Montreal and later in Paris. Behtoie entered the international film festival circuits with his short films, En Rêve (2015), La Voix de la Vie (2014) and Girls of the Sun (2013). Gisoum is her first feature film.