An old man in a dust covered old house sings a song and goes about his day, walking around and cleaning. Sudden loud sounds from outside throw him into a frenzy. Unable to tell whether it’s the sound of war, a celebration, laughter or shouts of agony, he barricades himself in his house and takes refuge in his basement where he continues to sing his song again.
The story follows a little girl named “Dokhtar Bas” who catches a frog for her mother to cut open and put on her father’s infected knee injury. The next day the wound is disinfected and her father goes back to work in the wilderness. Dokhtar Bas looks at the dried up corpse of the frog and asks her mother if her father is truly healed now. Later in an attempt to revive the frog she first puts it in water, then catches another frog and like her mother cuts it open and places it on the dead frog’s corpse, tying them together. Checking the bandaged bundle the next morning she discovers two dead frogs and she asks her mother again whether her father really is completely healed now.
The film follows a group of children living in the same alley. The garbage truck arrives every day disrupting their dreams. The sleepy children are forced to take the garbage out every time and play in the alley after the garbage are taken. The garbage truck stops coming to their alley, allowing them to finally sleep and dream for longer but also results in the neighbours throwing garbage in the alley, stopping the children from playing together.
Total Pages: 298
Amateur Cinema