Movie Details
Original Language:English
Restored Communication
DirectorNeil Beloufa
1 hr 17 min
Plot
Reality TVa political form in which a group of isolated people disagree and competeis one of the dominant clichés of Western representation Shot in Iran where reality shows are not yet widespread Restored Communication stages candidates cut off from the world who replay different seizures of power in various political contexts In this system as artificial as it is liberal the competitors are locked up filmed without interruption and subjected to the injunctions of a voiceover Deprived of food the voice and contact with the outside world they seem helpless reflecting the stereotypical image of Irans geopolitical isolation Between schoolboyish fiction and documentary the film slowly turns into a scathing genre film in which even a water pistol can kill
