Terrestrial Verses (2023)
• October 5th, 2023 • 1h 17min
Comedy, Drama
Overview
A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s license, applying for a job, or seeking approval for a film script, if you live in Iran, you best come fluent in Orwellian discourse.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
On the Waterfront
Released on: 1954-06-22
Crime, Drama, Romance
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corrupt...
When the Masks are Taken Off
Released on: 1975-07-28
Comedy, Music
A satirical anthology film transforms popular humorous and sarcastic stage songs into standalone vig...
Ikiru
Released on: 1952-10-09
Drama
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for ...
Backdraft
Released on: 1991-05-24
Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzl...
The Trial
Released on: 1962-08-25
Crime, Drama, Mystery
The surreal tale of an unassuming man who is accused of a never-specified crime and shambles through...
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Released on: 2009-09-11
Drama, Crime
Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutena...
Sanjuro
Released on: 1962-01-01
Drama, Action, Comedy
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifull...
The Hudsucker Proxy
Released on: 1994-03-11
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock sc...
S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago
Released on: 1994-12-15
Comedy
In 71 BC in Rome, utter disorder reigns in the form of political corruption and bribery involving th...
The Natural
Released on: 1984-05-11
Drama
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take ...
Memories of Murder
Released on: 2003-04-25
Crime, Drama, Thriller
During the late 1980s, two detectives in rural South Korea attempt to solve a series of gruesome rap...
Deadly Maria
Released on: 1993-10-28
Drama, Thriller
40-year Maria is living in a monotonous and deadlocked marriage with her husband. In addition, she h...
Bad Lieutenant
Released on: 1992-11-20
Crime, Drama
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious dru...
The Last Supper
Released on: 1995-09-08
Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Drama
A group of idealistic but frustrated liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering right-wing pund...
Citizen X
Released on: 1995-02-25
Crime, Drama
Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 p...
Heckler
Released on: 2007-11-04
Documentary, Comedy
HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After...
The Air I Breathe
Released on: 2007-02-07
Drama, Thriller, Crime
A gambler’s bet spiraling into chaos, a gangster's prophetic visions, a pop star’s dark entanglement...
How to Apply for a Sexual Position
Released on: 2017-08-02
Comedy
Reverse Cowgirl. Rusty Trombone. The Wheelbarrow. Go inside the government office responsible for cr...
Sweet Country
Released on: 2018-01-25
Western, Crime, Thriller, Drama
In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on t...
Torque
Released on: 2004-01-16
Action, Comedy, Crime
Biker Cary Ford is framed by an old rival and biker gang leader for the murder of another gang membe...