Drama 劇情片 | 2025 | 13’28” | In Persian with English Subtitles 波斯語對白，英文字幕
Synopsis 故事大綱
An old man with a stone face, living in a land of rigid stones, has had enough of his situation and decides to get rid of himself by destroying himself with a piece of stone. His son, who serves in an army, gets the news of his father’s death. He is given a two-day break to go back home, so the stone-faced son gets back home to his fatherland.
一位臉上張著石塊、面無表情的老人，在一片堅硬的石頭之地獨自生活。有一天，他對現狀實在忍無可忍，決定用一塊石頭結束自己的生命。他那在軍隊服役的兒子，收到父親去世的消息後，獲准兩天假期返鄉——這位和父親一樣臉上張著石塊、面無表情的兒子，終究還是回到了父親的故鄉。
Director’s Statement 導演闡述
Life in Iran, with its ancient civilisation, is burdened by the weight of traditions and inherited religions. The question of how to escape these strict norms and a limited society constantly occupies my thoughts. Are efforts to break free from dogmatic beliefs futile?
In my mind, I imagined a stone-like land where a father and son share the same pain, becoming like stone, bearing rigid, expressionless faces. Though separated, they both struggle to escape. The father chooses primitive suicide as his solution, while the son must confront his own “stone face” and decide how to deal with the loss of his father.
伊朗這片擁有古老文明的土地，生活總是伴隨著傳統習俗與祖輩宗教的壓力。如何擺脫這嚴苛的社會？試圖打破這些教條信仰和傳統的努力，是否終究徒勞無功？這些問題一直困擾著我。
我的腦海中浮現了一片石地和一對父子：他們正忍受著相同的痛苦，逐漸變得如石頭般僵硬，背負著如石頭般的面容。即使彼此相隔遙遠，仍須掙扎擺脫現狀。父親以原始的方式自我了結，而兒子則必須決定如何透過面對自己石化的臉，去面對父親的死亡。
Director 導演
Amirreza Jalalian
Born 1986 Iran
Graduated from IYCS (Iranian Youth Cinema Society)
Filmography:
– The Well (Chah) (Short, Fiction, 2016)
– The Roosters (Khoroos ha) (Short, Fiction, 2018)
– The People Smuggler (Adamparan) (Short, Fiction, 2020)
– The Wolves (Gorg ha) (Short, Fiction, 2022)
– The Tortoise (Sangposht) (Short, Fiction, 2025)
1986 年生於伊朗
畢業於伊朗青年電影協會 (IYCS)
作品年表：
《The Well》(Chah)【短片｜劇情｜2016】
《The Roosters》(Khoroos ha) 【短片｜劇情｜2018】
《The People Smuggler》 (Adamparan) 【短片｜劇情｜2020】
《The Wolves》(Gorg ha)【 短片｜劇情｜2022】
《The Tortoise》(Sangposht) 【短片｜劇情｜2025】