Finding himself in a house in the north of Iran by the Caspian Sea, the director picked up his handheld DV camera and began filming the seemingly anodyne events happening on the 500 metres of beach in front of his house—a piece of wood toyed with by the waves, people walking by the sea, indistinct shapes on a wintry beach or noisy ducks.
Abbas Kiarostami
Marin Karmitz
Alireza Shojanoori
Makoto Ueda
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami
Scene from "Five Dedicated to Ozu"
Clip • YouTube
Behnegar
NHK
MK2 Films