PUMICE
Love and care are central to this couple’s daily rituals.
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Pumice is a rough textured volcanic rock used for exfoliation and grooming throughout history. Like a pumice, a daily ritual between a man and a woman smooths out the rough edges of living in the austere and hard-up hinterland of Iran. Their ritual ends with two cups of tea and two pairs of shoes left outside a sheepishly closed door.
Mohsen Najafi Mehri
Iran
DIRECTOR, SCRIPT WRITER & PRODUCER: Mohsen Najafi Mehri. CINEMATOGRAPHERS: Mohsen Najafi Mehri & Alireza Asadnezhad. CAMERA ASSISTANT: Hamidreza Rahmati. EDITOR & COLORIST: Mohsen Najafi Mehri. SOUND DESIGNER: Mehdi Javaherizadeh. FOLEY EFFECTS: Mohsen Keyvanfar. MUSIC: Benyamin Zarifi. SPECIAL THANKS: Pezhman Rigi.
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