BLACK RABBIT, WHITE RABBIT
Genre
Drama and Comedy
Running time
139 minutes
Year
2025
Language
Tajik, Persian and Russian
Subtitle
English and Arabic
Country
Tajikistan and United Arab Emirates
Director
Shahram Mokri
Bio
Producer
Negar Eskandarfar
Cast
Babak Karimi, Hasti Mohammaï, Kibriyo Dilyobova, Bezhan Davlyatov
Scriptwriter
Nasim (Zohreh) Ahmadpour, Shahram Mokri
Iranian filmmaker Shahram Mokri develops multiple plot strands this engrossing, multilayered, playful and skilled drama centering around Sarah, the victim of a suspicious car crash who is swaddled in bandages and at odds with her controlling husband. What turns out to be a film-within-a-film-within-a-film zooms out to include the remake of a classic Iranian movie in Tajikistan, an armourer worried about a prop gun and an actress looking for her big break. Of course their fates collide through multiple fluid, bravura circular takes, often covering the same time frame, bold touches of magical realism — or are they sight gags? — and an eternal mystery. This spinning story is Tajikistan’s Oscar entry for this year.
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