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16 minutes 48 seconds|Iran

Director:

Atefeh Salehi

Country:

Iran

Film Duration:

16 minutes 48 seconds

Language:

Persian

Producer:

Atefeh Salehi, Ali Salehi

Screenwriter:

Atefeh Salehi

Synopsis

As the girl hitched a ride on the truck, the driver's familiarity awakened painful memories of her troubled past. Their conversation stirred up emotions she had buried deep within her, and after a night of reminiscing, she couldn't help but feel a sense of familiarity with the driver. She took his life in a moment of impulsivity, ending both his and her own misery.

Director's Statement

The subject of this film was important to me in several aspects. My main concern is related to women and stories based on female characters. The initial spark for making this movie was struck when I heard from one of my relatives, a driver, that a woman hit the windows of trucks at a specific place on the road at night. The issue of female sex workers exists as social harm in our third-world countries(undeveloped countries), but it's denied, and this denial creates more harm. I wanted to draw my audience's attention to these women in this film. On the other hand, the rape of relatives is usually not revealed in our society due to the victim's silence, and numerous women have lost their future and their souls from these rapes. However, the woman in my film does not want to be a victim anymore.

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