Four old friends, driving back from a failed skiing trip, encounter a strange and enormous rock. The men become determined to dislodge the rock, attempting various ridiculous methods without success. When two female acquaintances arrive on the scene, the men become even more determined to move the rock. The men’s frivolous attempt gradually disintegrates into a tale of betrayal, defeat and renewed hope.
Mani Haghighi
The grandson of the prestigious filmmaker Eberahim Golestan, he was born in 1969 in Tehran (Iran).He received a B.A. in Philosophy from McGill University, 1991, an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Guelph, 1997, and an M.A. in Cultural Studies from Trent University, 2000, before he returned to Iran to begin making films. His feature debut, ‘Abadan’ (2004), premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, while ‘Men at Work’ (2006) competed in Berlin and Valladolid, and won awards in Hong Kong and Fajr. After filming ‘Canaan’ (2008), he directed two documentaries about the Iranian filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui, and with his fourth feature film, ‘Modest Reception’ (2012), he won the Netpac Award in Berlin. After ‘A Dragon Arrives!’ (2016) and ‘Pig’ (2018), selected for competitions such as Berlin, Bafici, and Seattle, in 2002 he premiered ‘Subtraction’, his eighth feature film, at the Toronto Film Festival. He has also worked as an actor in around twenty films, including ‘About Elly’ (Asghar Farhadi, 2009).
DIRECTOR
Mani Haghighi
SCREENPLAY
Mani Haghighi, Abbas Kiarostami
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Koohyar Kalari
EDITOR
Mastaneh Mohajer
SOUND
Mohsen Roshan, Amin Mirshekari
MUSIC
Dmitri Shostakovich
PRODUCTION
Mohammad Reza Takhtkeshian
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Aftab Negaran Productions
CAST
Mahnaz Afshar, Ahmad Hamed, Mahmoud Kalari, Reza Kianian, Fatemah Motamed-Arya, Attila Pesyani, Omid Rohani Rana Azadivar
