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Towers of Silence
Weaving together scenes of Zoroastrian funerary rituals, Jamil Dehlavi's early experimental film juxtaposes traumatic landscapes of sex, death, and faith.
Director: Jamil Dehlavi
Overview
Weaving together scenes of Zoroastrian funerary rituals – in which bodies are consumed by vultures – with glimpses of armed insurrection, director Jamil Dehlavi's early experimental film juxtaposes traumatic landscapes of sex, death, and faith.
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