BEYOND THE WALL

SHAB, DKHELI, DIVAR

By Vahid JALILVAND

THE MATCH FACTORY - as SALES

Crime - Completed 2022

A blind man finds himself harbouring a fugitive, in Vahid Jalilvand’s palpably claustrophobic and profoundly allegorical film about what will happen if we become isolated from our humanity.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2022
Contemporary World Cinema
Busan IFF 2022
A Window on Asian Cinema
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Crime, Thriller, Drama
    • Countries
    • IRAN
    • Languages
    • FARSI
    • Duration
    • 126 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Vahid JALILVAND
    • Synopsis
    • Ali, a blind man, is attempting to commit suicide when he is interrupted by the concierge of his building. He is informed that the police is in search of a woman who has escaped and hidden somewhere in the building. Little by little, Ali finds out that the fugitive woman, Leila, is inside his apartment. After participating in a workers’ protest that led to chaos, she is distraught about her four-year-old son who was lost when she was taken in a police van. Gradually, Ali becomes emotionally attached to her. Wishing to flee reality, helping Leila becomes a refuge in his own world of imagination.