Mercy (2005)

• 85%
• 2005
• Ragnar Kjartansson

A disenchanted fairy giant is given a remote control and sent to Tehran, Iran, to grant peoples wishes. He offers a single wish to an old man who is still grieving over his dead soldier son. The old man wishes to see his son but his wish cannot be granted because the son had already wished to be martyred. Therefore, the old man asks the fairy giant to find someone who has a war-related wish.The fairy giant uses the traffic and security cameras in Tehran to look for people. Then with his magical power he sends signals to the old mans TV. He finds a boy who lost his father in the war, a dying war veteran who is wishing to find a bride and is in love with Hollywood war movies, a widow who is tired of marrying dying war veterans, a suicidal pregnant woman and a sick pregnant cow. In the process he confuses the TVs illusionary world with the real world and falls in love with a store mannequin who reminds him the fictional character in Tarantinos KILL BILL. Now, the fairy giant has also a wish that he likes to be granted.The old man is the one who can decide who deserves to be granted a wish. Who is the chosen one?