REVIEWS
“The great success of Mourning is how deliberately and convincingly it expands, taking a simple story and opening it up to nuance and complexity, allowing the audience to enter into the world of the film where there are no easy answers.” –
Film Capsule
“Farshbaf fashions a consistently surprising and blackly comic road trip that may herald the arrival of a major new Iranian talent.” –
Institute of Contemporary Arts
“A very confident attempt to create a new film language that is disturbing at times and heart-warming from moment to moment…the movie set a new standard of cinematic poetry.” – Manshih Yofan, Head of New Currents Jury, Busan International Film Festival (via
Asia News Network)
"With the simplest of gestures Farshbaf not only crafts a touching scene of two people lost in translation, but also a winning blend of physical and written comedy; it’s perfectly judged." –
Flickfeast
"Vivid use of landscape and naturalistic perfs from non-professional actors elevate this modestly engaging tale, likely to be categorized as Kiarostami Lite." –
Variety
"While the premise of the story might be unique, the issues of communication between Sharareh, Kamran and their nephew Arshia are very much universal, just as the emotions behind their state of mourning." –
Wort.lu
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
In Competition, BFI London Film Festival
New Currents Award. Busan International Film Festival
Nominated for Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award. Tokyo International Film Festival
Eastern Film Award, Tokyo International Film Festival
FIPRESCI Prize, Montreal World Film Festival
Official Selection, JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection, WISCONSIN FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection, SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
