Synopsis

A portrait of the prominent Iranian novelist, whose work dealt with the troubled nature of life within his native country, often due to political upheaval.

Ahmad Mahmoud (1931-2002) was a leading Iranian novelist who, over his fifty-year career, published nine short story collections and six novels, including The Native Boy (1972), The Strangers (1972) and The Neighbors (1974).



His writing reflects his political engagement, his concern for the poor and the working class, and his love for his native region of Khuzestan.

Mahmoud testifies eloquently to all these concerns in lengthy, and moving, on-camera interviews.

This portrait of a well-loved and incredibly talented writer, later overlooked as anti-revolutionary, attests to the extreme difficulties often faced by Iranian writers. --IFVC

Cast: Javad Mojabi, Mohamad Ali Sepanlou, Ebrahim Younesi