Experience the vibrant world of Iranian cinema at the UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema, featuring some of the most acclaimed Iranian films of the year making their San Francisco premiere. Join us for a remarkable journey through stories that inspire, challenge, and captivate.
In Roxana, a listless young man splits his time between caring for his mom (barely), hanging out at the local underground pool hall and spending his best friend’s money. A chance encounter with Roxana after her car is broken into focuses his attention and soon he’s centered his life around helping her recover a stolen camera she needs for her wedding photography business. Helping her solve her problems, however, only deepens his own. Writer-director Parviz Shahbazi builds an arresting take on the experience of young Iranians struggling to find their way and start their lives in a world where one misstep can have the direst of consequences.
Director/Screenwriter: Parviz Shahbazi
Cast: Yasna Mirtahmasb, Mahsa Akbarabadi, Maede Tahmasbi.
DCP, color, in Persian with English subtitles, 119 min.
This program is presented alongside the exhibitions Nicky Nodjoumi: The Personal is Political and Nahid Hagigat: Etched in Time, on view at YBCA.
