The Absence

In the late fall of 2017, a devastating earthquake struck the Kurdish town of Sarpol-e-Zahab, killing hundreds of people and leaving thousands homeless. This film tells the story of Azita and her fiancé who in the aftermath of the earthquake, search through the ruins of their home, unearthing objects of their past. The harder it gets to retrieve their belongings, the more these items take on a new meaning as the couple risks their lives to retrieve the memories they've lost under the rubble and piece together the fragments of their identities they left behind.

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