France, Syria

Short Documentary, Color, 2015, 12 min

Directors: Malas Twins

Synopsis:

A Syrian man carries a large photo of the Iranian director Abbas Kiarestami and wanders in the streets of Paris to ask the passers about his address. The man wants Kiarestami to talk about the Syrian revolution to his government and so he heads to the Iranian embassy, subways and coffee shops…

Malas Twins

Born in 1983, Ahmed and Mohamed are two actors and playwrights who are used to non-traditional performance spaces. Their play MELODRAMA, originally performed in their Damascus bedroom, has become an underground sensation in Syria. SEARCHING FOR ABBAS KIARESTAMI was screened in Cannes Film Festival 2015.