Arsalan Baraheni
Biography
Arsalan Baraheni is an exiled Iranian Canadian director, producer, writer, human rights activist and artistic director based in Montreal, Toronto and L.A.
Known For & Full Filmography2 Titles
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Exilic Trilogy features three half hour films called Light and Sound, Frame and Wall, and Alchemy and Dust. The film is a poetic, mystical, biographical and musical arthouse trilogy with political, social, psychological, and philosophical manifestations about three influential and legendary Iranian artists who were forced into exile after the Iranian revolution and currently live in Toronto, Canada.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as The Son
Reza Baraheni is known as one of the greatest living Iranian poets and novelists. This poetic docudrama is shot and narrated by Baraheni's son, who suffered exile with him for the past 20 years and lives as a filmmaker in Toronto, Canada. The film deals with the artistic collaboration of a father and a son, a poet and a filmmaker. The film deals with exile and art, life and death, poetry and camera.