International Competition

His memories are not all idyllic by a long shot, and his sharp observations often turn the metaphorical knife in the wound. In the centre of his family history is a Persian rug, once woven by his grandmother. His adopted uncle, a man with whom the family has a very difficult relationship, offers this carpet as a present to the filmmaker, only to renounce it sometime later. The incident sets in motion memories of Bakhshi’s father, who was no friend of his uncle. One day, his father left and was never heard from again; two years later, his mother identified his body with 24 bullets in it. Bakhshi suffers from nightmares every night and takes pills to clear his mind. He obsessively browses through photo albums to see which of his family members are lying and which are telling the truth. In whatever case, no one is talking.