BELOVED

The film follows Firouzeh, an 82-year-old cow herder high in the Alborz Mountains of Iran. ​

Director: Yaser Talebi | 2018 | Iran | 66 mins | PG | Documentary | Persian with subtitles​

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​82-year-old Firouzeh is fiercely independent and passionately devoted to her cows. She resists calls to give up the punishing  life of a nomadic cow herder in the mountains and to retire to a more appropriate and sedate life in one of the lower villages. Married off as a young girl to an older man and bearing 11 children, widow Firouzeh now prefers the company of  her beloved cows to other humans. With stunning cinematography and filmed over a period of two years in the extremely remote and rugged mountains of Northern Iran, Yaser Talebi's memorable portrait combines lyricism, humour and poetry and offers us a rare insight into the disappearing world of this unique and powerful woman.

Winner of six international awards; Berlinale 2019 Official Selection

"A feast for the eyes and heart" (POV Magazine)