Language: Farsi, Kurdish with English Subtitle/ Production: Iran-Canada 2018
An hour of retreat from everyday life… Away from worry and tension … A journey to the world of music and meaning …
The sound of Tanbūr is the panacea for the wounds of human solitude …
Delving into ancient Persian art and culture, and the indelible myths from the perspective of an instrument …
In search of the oldest Persian Tanbūr player and the mysteries of a scared instrument among the Tanbūr players of the Yarsan tribe...
The journey of ecstatic travelers worn out by the materialistic world, traveling beyond the urban turmoil…
To devotion and bliss with the sound of Tanbūr and Daf...
Synopsis:
Iran’s oldest Tanbūr (Lute) player died at the age of 120 in a Kurdish village. Ghadamyar was the master of a spiritual faith called ‘Yarsan’. The followers of Yarsan consider the Tanbūr as an instrument for meditation and prayer.
An Iranian-Canadian filmmaker travels to Iran in search of the relationship between this undiscovered faith and the art of Tanbur. After meeting with Salman, one of ghadamyar’s seven grandchildren who himself is a master of Tanbur, he finds an opportunity to travel to ghadamyar’s birthplace and memorial shrine. This journey turns into a quest for the Tanbur itself, as a mysterious divine lute which appears in the historical monuments of ancient Mesopotamia and the Middle East.
The film shows the Kurdish-Iranian tribe of “Yarsan” who play the Tanbur in prayer as a means to maintain their identity and aspire to spiritual beauty. The Tanbur helps the Yarsan to navigate their own inner world in search of a beauty that they can only expressed through music.
Official selection of Montreal, Hollywood International Independent, Slemani and Duhok International Film Festivals.
With support of: Ontario Art Council
Executive producers: Parsai Immigration Services, Dadgar Magazin
Associated Producers: Aga Khan Museum, Hamid reza Safi Poor
Producer: New Wave Production Inc.
Writer and director: Aref Mohammadi
With Appearance Of: Dr. Bahman Kazemi, Aref Mohammadi, Salman Hosseini, Donya Kamali, Darioush Hosseini, Changiz Abdipour , Shapour Kamali
Edit: Maysam Samadi
Camera: Taher Chegonian, Abolfazl Alayi, Vahid shabani,
Sound Designer: Reza Moghaddas
Photo: Vahid Shabani,
composer: Salman Hosseini,
Assistant Director: Kamran Rezaei
Visual Effect: Ramin Doostan
English Translator: Bahar Almasi
For more information please visit: www.songofgod.ca
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/278508148
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