The Shadow yearning to fly

Documentary | 2024 | Col | 54m

Summary

Golnoosh is a young woman painter, she loves to paint. At first, Golnoosh informs about her mental illness, one of the side effects of which is reaching orgasm under normal conditions, which is very annoying. Let's go back a bit to the past of her life. Her family is a weak group in terms of social class. She started painting as a self-taught artist and conveys pain to the viewer in her paintings. In the streets, she earns her daily expenses by selling her paintings. She has one dream, and that is to meet her basic needs as a woman in Iran. Golnoosh family's opposition to her painting and the gap between generations made her leave home and take temporary refuge in the house of a friend named Aram. With Aram's help, she decided to get a loan from the relief committee, but her efforts failed The reason for not having a relationship in Iran's administrative and banking system remains unfulfilled. Inevitably, she is forced to work in a cafe in exchange for food and a place to sleep, which does not last long either. The 70-year- old manager of the cafe offers her sex, and Golnoosh , who was a rape victim before reaching legal age, uncovers this long-standing secret and rejects this offer and loses her job in the cafe. to give.

For a while, she becomes homeless in the streets and alleys, even her paintings are not bought anymore because she is dark until she leaves Tehran with a job offer for a few months with high income in the city of Ahvaz. But the restrictions that the employer imposes on her, especially forbidding her to paint, make Golnoosh run away from her workplace and return to Tehran. After three years of fruitless efforts, Golnoosh continues to live in the streets with fear of her future.

Director: Elham Ahmadi
Type: Documentary
Year of completion: 2024
Country of origin: Iran

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