FIFI HOWLS FROM HAPPINESS

FIFI HOWLS FROM HAPPINESS (FIFI AZ KHOSHHALI ZOOZE MIKESHAD), 2012

Iran, USA, France | Blu-ray, Color, 96’ | Persian
Director: Mitra Farahani
Cast: Bahman Mohasses

Depicting the final days of the painter Bahman Mohasses, the so-called "Persian Picasso", in this documentary we see the struggles of two artists as they commission Mohasses to do one last painting and we hear many of the painter’s reminiscences and secrets in his own words. Taking its title from the artist’s favorite painting, with which he never parted, the film was shot just before the provocative painter’s death and was only completed afterward.