The White Meadows

A withdrawn and quiet boatman navigates the increasingly brackish waters of scattered islands, collecting the tears of its inhabitants. The islands are cursed by the salt from the sea, and the skies stubbornly refuse to give rain to wash it away. Every island deals with this in their own way; all with equal futility. Despite his unending efforts to ease their pain, the boatman remains powerless against the residents’ attempts to appease the gods to make their salt pan of islands green again, whether by offering a bride to the sea or by forcibly treating the eyes of a painter who sees the world in different colours.
It is only when he is joined on his mysterious journey by a young boy searching for his father that years of ceaseless journeys to these islands begin to find a different meaning for the boatman and for the islands he visits.

A masterpiece of Iranian cinema and an enthralling journey into the dark realm of Iranian politics, The White Meadows draws first-hand on the harsh realities and the challenges faced by Iranian artists of today and is a brave, deeply atmospheric and mesmerizing allegory of intolerance and brutality.