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“the motorcyclist” tells the story of a motorcyclist who has plans for the money that a passenger had forgotten
on his bike. “to be or not to be” is the story of a pregnant woman who wants to
commit a suicide after she finds out her soldier husband has been killed in the US-Iraq war. “transformation” is the story of confrontation of a young proud well-off man who has nor sympathy
for others and a young poor man who is in desperate need for money to buy medicine. “breaking
the obsessions” tells the story of a young Japanese girl, Natsuki, who is very obsessed with her beauty. “seconds” tells the story of a man who is mad at his wife. Although
the wife tries to bring peace between them, the husband refuses to do so. After being informed of her accident, he feels
guilty because he could save her if he had kissed her before she left their apartment
"desperation" is the story of a young African-American man who gets involve with drug dealing to save his family from being thrown out
of their apartment. “three people” on their way to buy books, Abbas and his two friends confront youngsters who illegally
sell American movies and playing cards. It is revealed that the three people are handicapped veterans of the Iraq-Iran
war when the young bookseller tries to put a deck of playing card in Abbas’s German made prosthetic hand.
“three people” is like a tightly woven poem, dense and packed with power that is intentionally released gradually.
The story unfolds in nine short minutes like an onion peeled layer by layer, each skin removed carefully, with the intention
to bite the viewer’s senses. Yet, the end message is not bleak. It is of hope… a green plant handed from a young
man from one world to a war-handicapped man from another. A small plant, to be watered and kept alive.
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