Meta Marathon

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Meta Marathon

Qodratulloh Bayyat is a young working lad living in his modest village, boasting that he can break the world and Olympic marathon record. People in his village flatter him as if he is their hero. To prove himself and justify the high hopes people have with him, he joins a marathon competition held in the town and prepares a team to film his victory. The film is a portrait of the protagonist’s innocence. At times it looks like a reality show, engaging the aspects on how poverty – and above all – dignity and honesty play their roles in shaking the communal belief of the rescue from social injustice.

Saeed Keshavarz

Born in 1985, Saeed Keshavarz started his activities in art in 2002 in the field of theatre as a director and an actor. Since then he has made several television documentaries and short films. He is also a video artist. Meta Marathon is his first feature-length film.

 

Filmography
Meta Marathon, 2017

Film Details:

Iran, 2017, 73’
in Persian w/ Arm./Eng. subtitles

Director & Writer: Saeed Keshavarz
Producer: Omid Abivardi
Cinematographer: Saeed Keshavarz
Editor: Babak Heydari
Sound: Arash Ghasemi