When the first lady of an aristocratic family dies, her only heir is her paralyzed daughter. The disputes over the inheritance involve the maid, the nanny, the stepfather's nephews and others. Screened publicly just once before it was banned by the Khomeini regime and then lost for decades, this rediscovered jewel of Iranian cinema reemerges to take its place as one of the most singular and astonishing works of the country’s pre-revolution New Wave.
Mohammad Reza Aslani (1943) is an Iranian filmmaker, art theorist, graphic designer and poet known mostly for his experimental films and documentaries. Although he never signed it, he is also considered the co-writer of the manifesto Espacementalism (The poem of imagination / She’er-e-Hajm) and an important poet of the New Wave Poetry of Iran.
