Movie

Nasoot

A poetic meditation on the death of three Iranian refugees who committed suicide in Ottawa in the late 1990's. Nasoot is an Islamic mythological term for the world of corporeal existence. Evoking the power of memory and history, this film is about dispossession, exile and alienation caused by war and displacement.

Director

Shahin Parhami

Screenplay

Shahin Parhami

Status

Released

Release date

01/06/1997

Original language

English