From Afar

Overview

"From Afar" traces the malaise of a young artist and intellectual in three episodes: Book Burning, Breathing and Dawn. The Young protagonist lives in contemporary Tehran and he appears as a film student, an asthmatic businessman and a successful architect. In each story, he journeys toward a spiritual insight or emotion.

Cast

Koorosh Tahami

Omid / Mehran / Majid

Jamshid Hashempour

Sheikh / Painter / Father

Behnaz Jafari

Mehran's Wife

Homayoun Ershadi

Doctor

Mehdi Miami

Warrior

Dariush Arjmand

Professor

Mahbubeh Bayat

Mehran's Mother

N/A

Ebrahim Abadi

Landlord

Kamand Amirsoleimani

Majid's Wife

N/A

Saba Mohseni

Majid's Daughter

N/A

Mohammad Ali Najafi

Filmmaker