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BETWEEN THE CLIFFS – Farsi, Iran/78 minutes/ Director–Mokhtar Abdollahi/2021
This brilliant film puts across the message that it’s not important where you are living, what you are doing and how old you are… what’s important is that whatever be the circumstances, you understand the true meaning of life and you try to fight and overcome any adversity. The story is about a young boy and his little sister who take their sheep for grazing to a range in the heights of a mountain. Ibrahim (brilliantly played by Hamidreza Ghaibi) and his little sister Ilma (Andia Yahyapour has put in a sterling performance) reach the isolated mountains and Ibrahim slips and falls down and ends up on a ledge with an injured foot. Now Ilma has to manage on her own in that isolated place, as Ibrahim struggles to climb up with his injured foot but fails repeatedly. But his perseverance pays off in the end and he succeeds. The movie chronicles several gripping moments of the ordeal they both undergo and how they both support each other in such times of need. Between the Cliffs is the debut feature film of Mokhtar Abdollahi and received wide acclaim at several prestigious film festivals.