Gabbeh, Gabyay!

My initial reaction of this film was one of confusion. I thoroughly enjoyed the cinematography, editing, and sound, but the plot was, unusual at best. My favorite scenes were the one's in which some part of the gabbeh/rug were immersed in water and the random flowers or apples would float by, just enthrallingly beautiful. I loved the pregnancy and birth scene, when the fog roles in and the baby is never shown being born but the consecutive images of the hen laying the egg, the wet red wool being thrown on the rock and the goats milking was a different but highly interesting way of showing birth, particularly because I doubt censorship regulations would have allowed the actual birth to be shown. Overall this was a far more experimental, yet enjoyable nonetheless version of Iranian cinema that I certainly was not expecting