Silent House - Comments & Tips

[IDFA '22] Although its concept is reminiscent of "Radiograph of a family" (2020), this documentary shows the portrait of a family disintegration, which has its origin in the radicalization of the social and political life of Iran since the Revolution of 1979 led by Ayatollah Khomeini, turning the house into a silent witness of a transformation for four decades. The archive images show a more or less happy life, although the grandmother does not remember the moments of happiness, and the two director brothers use the family clashes to reflect the radical division in Iranian society beyond the garden walls.