Shirin

Overview

Abbas Kiarostami’s uniquely experimental film, Shirin revolves around a stage production of the twelfth century Persian tale of Khosrow and Shirin. Although we can hear what is happening on the stage, what we see is a series of close-ups of the audience. As the action on stage unfolds it is the audience who become Kiarostami’s characters and their reactions to the play that become the story.


This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 9