Mohammadreza Vatandoust

Against the violent yet stunning backdrop of the Qandil Mountains, a film that asks the most basic yet painful of questions about war, love, and lost ones.

An old woman who has taken a vow of silence and talks to no one. She only has one big goal; to receive the government's permission to enter the island. Someone is waiting for her there. But after thirteen years, entry permit was not granted to her. She’s searching for a way until…

After a dam flooded a village in northern Iran, one island remained. There’s a grave on it. On a hill above the new lake, an old woman looks out at it. An intimate look at the daily routine of an Iranian woman who has survived modestly for twelve years alone in a house at the base of the mountain. She waits for permission to visit the island.

Against the violent yet stunning backdrop of the Qandil Mountains, a film that asks the most basic yet painful of questions about war, love, and lost ones.

An old woman who has taken a vow of silence and talks to no one. She only has one big goal; to receive the government's permission to enter the island. Someone is waiting for her there. But after thirteen years, entry permit was not granted to her. She’s searching for a way until…

After a dam flooded a village in northern Iran, one island remained. There’s a grave on it. On a hill above the new lake, an old woman looks out at it. An intimate look at the daily routine of an Iranian woman who has survived modestly for twelve years alone in a house at the base of the mountain. She waits for permission to visit the island.

After a dam flooded a village in northern Iran, one island remained. There’s a grave on it. On a hill above the new lake, an old woman looks out at it. An intimate look at the daily routine of an Iranian woman who has survived modestly for twelve years alone in a house at the base of the mountain. She waits for permission to visit the island.