The Red Illusions of a Wild Anemone
Story
In 1962, Furug Farrokhzad, a founder of modern Persian poetry and an icon in women’s issues in Iran, made her first and last film: “The House is Black,” a lyrical documentary about a leper colony in northeastern Iran. She would die prematurely shortly after.
Nearly 55 years after her tragic death, the young Turkish actress Derya decided to put on a monologue reciting Farrokhzad’s poetry in Istanbul. Her quest: to renew her art at a time when women’s rights in Turkey are under attack.
“The Red Illusions of a Wild Anemone” is a mental dialogue between Derya and Furug. It is a dialogue between two women, from two generations and two countries who share parallel threats to their existence in dark times of “leprosy.”
Festi
Cast/Crew
Director
- Mehdi Shabani
Cast
- Derya Gunaydin
D.O.P
- Erol Karakaya
Writing credits
- Furug Farrokhzad
Editor
- Siavash Shabani
Sound
- Serhat Delipglu
Cmposer
- Marat Krutzo
Behind the scene
