So Close, So Far

Kheili dur, kheili nazdik, feature film, 2004

DIRECTED BY: Seyyed Mir-Karimi

So Close, So Far

CAST:
Masud Rajgan (Mahmoud Alem),
Afšin Hašemi (Sahman),
Elham Hamidi

SCRIPT:
Mohammad Reza Gohari,
Seyyed Reza Mir Karimi

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Hamid Khozui-Abyaneh

Synopsis:
Doctor Alem is an arrogant neurosurgeon who is a complete control-freak. His beliefs will be questioned when his son, Sahman, is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Sahman studies astronomy and he is currently in the desert with his friends watching the stars. Discovering his son’s diagnosis, doctor Alem goes to the desert. Soon he runs out of gas and the desert wind completely covers his car with sand, so the doctor is in the hands of God, in whom he does not believe.

color, 121 min