Diaphanous

Some years ago, someone close to me committed suicide. During her funeral, despite the sorrow and grief, her parents seemed relieved. She did not want to live her life as she was told and it meant a lot of trouble in a traditional society. She kept confronting her family as they tried to put her in the box of a fine lady. She was a burden for her loved ones. From that day I started wondering: if I disappeared, would my parents be relieved? I do not want to tell another story of oppressed women in Iran. This is why the two sisters’ troubles are not their husbands, but themselves when one fades away. I want the audience to recreate what I hide from them. My off screen allows them to build the full picture. I believe cinema is not what you show, but what you hide; like my characters. Searching to understand and see the unseen is the ultimate cinema for me. "Diaphanous" is about people who have become invisible to each other. This is what I see when I look at people around me. This is Iran today.