Bahram, a 40-year-old filmmaker, has never seen his films screened in his own country, due to the censorship imposed by the Iranian Ministry of Culture. When his latest project is censored once again, he decides to organise a clandestine screening in Iran, along with his intrepid producer Sadaf. Riding around Tehran on a Vespa, they engage in a series of absurd interactions, remaining hopeful that one day the film will be shown.
After presenting Terrestrial Verses (2023) and Higher Than Acidic Clouds (2024), LuxFilmFest now showcases Ali Asgari’s new film Divine Comedy, a film using frustration and absurdity as a narrative material, turning them into forces of resistance against censorship.
« Ici, il aborde de nouveau les contradictions inhérentes aux systèmes d'oppression, cette fois en s'intéressant au monde du cinéma, un sujet encore compliqué par la participation métafictionnelle de plusieurs collaborateurs du cinéaste sur Terrestrial Verses. »
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Ali Asgari
Born in Tehran in 1982, Ali Asgari studied in Rome before directing acclaimed short films including Barbie (2012), More Than Two Hours (2013) – presented at Cannes – and The Silence (2016), nominated for the Short Film Palme d’Or. In 2017, his first feature film, Disappearance, is selected for Venice’s Orizzonti Section. Until Tomorrow (2022), selected at the Berlinale, and Divine Comedy (2025) further explore sociocultural constraints in Iran.
