'Mohsen Makhmalbaf: The Poetic Trilogy' (1996 - 2012) Arrow Academy Blu-ray | 2K restorations of Gabbeh and The Silence | Farsi with English subtitles

Three narratively unconnected films from the influential Iranian director which he describes as "The Poetic Trilogy". Each concerns, in different ways, characters moving through the mythic or transcendent and the everyday.

Gabbeh (1996):
When an elderly couple stop by a stream to wash a vividly woven traditional Persian rug, a beautiful woman depicted in in the rug's elaborate design suddenly appears and tells a heart-rending story of love and loss.

The Silence (1998):
A young blind boy from Tajikistan earns rent money for his family by tuning rare instruments, but becomes enraptured by the sonorous music he hears on his way to work each day.

The Gardener (2012):
An imaginative documentary which follows Makhmalbaf, and his son Maysam, to Israel to investigate the Bahá'í faith, a religion with 7 million followers, which originated in 19th-century Iran.

Special features include:
- Audio commentary on Gabbeh by critic Godfrey Cheshire
- Poetry in Motion: An Interview with Mohsen Makhmalbaf, an in-depth conversation between the Iranian auteur and film critic Jonathan Romney, newly produced for this edition
- Mohsen with Closed Eyes, an imaginatively filmed archival interview with Makhmalbaf on The Silence
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Scott Saslow