Sohrab Shahid Saless's FAR FROM HOME (1975) - new 4K restoration!
One of the most celebrated figures in Iranian cinema, we are thrilled to present a rare screening of Saless's 1975 masterwork, a portrait of immigrant life in '70s West Berlin.
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Aug 08, 2024, 8:00 PM
2220 Arts + Archives, 2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057, USA
Far From Home (Dar Ghorbat)
directed by Sohrab Shahid Saless
1975, Iran/Germany, 93m, DCP
West Coast premiere of a new 4K restoration, courtesy of Shahid Saless Archive and Provobis Film
Thursday, August 8
2220 Arts + Archives
2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057, USA
doors: 7:30
film: 8:00
One of the most celebrated figures in Iranian cinema, the films of Sohrab Shahid Saless have been largely unseen for decades in the U.S. We are thrilled to present a new restoration of his 1975 masterwork, made after Saless emigrated from Iran to West Germany, where he continued to work for several decades. An exploration of alienation and perseverance in the life of a Turkish immigrant in '70s West Berlin, Far From Home follows Husseyin (played by actor and director Parviz Sayyad), a factory worker who lives in a communal apartment with other immigrants, and submits to a monotonous routine in order to assimilate himself into German society. Despite resistance from his peers and anxieties about his distant family, Saless chronicles Husseyin's attempts to maintain his dignity. With its patient, structural style, full of Sisyphean repetition and unexpected moments of levity, Far From Home remains as striking today as it was upon its first release, both for its political themes and distinctive cinematic voice.
In Turkish and German with English subtitles. An Arbelos Films release.
"One of the great unseen films of contemporary immigrant life." -MoMA
“Demanding our attention and patience, Shahid Saless offers in return a peaceful and powerful contemplation on the pace of life in conditions of migration and exile.” -Lucy Sternbach, Screen Slate
“A masterwork of restraint, repetition and patience, the film is at once a chronicle of the quotidian and a deeply observed, resonant portrait of the immigrant experience.” -Arbelos Films
Special thanks to David Marriott and Ei Toshinari (Arbelos Films).