Bahman Maghsoudlou Film Festival: Silence of the Sea

Join us for the fourth screening in the Bahman Maghsoudlou Film Festival at SOAS.

Siavash, a man in his late 30s, left Iran years ago and lives in Sweden with his wife and two children. One day, he realizes he wants to go back for a visit and decides the best place to do so is Qeshm Island because, despite belonging to Iran, it is a free port and doesn’t require a visa. Being there, he feels he is in Iran, but it does not fully satisfy his homesickness and nostalgia because his old home is on the other side of the island. He buys a mobile phone and with it manages to contact his friend Hossein in Khorramabad. Hosein asks him not to leave the island and explains to him the dangers if he were to come back.