Shouting at the Wind (2018)

• 85%
• 2018
• Documentary
• Siavash Jamali
• Ata Mehrad

Coming-of-age story of Meysam an adolescent from Tehran's roughest neighborhood, whose dream is to change his destiny through music but his family disagrees: Meysam, a 17 year old boy lives in Darvaze Ghar, Tehran's poor neighborhood known as the last stop of prostitutes, heroin addicts, thieves, and the fringes of society. Meysam is witty, good looking, funny and he loves underground music. He also helps his father, a former heroin addict, who now runs a grocery store. Music is Meysam's passion, his way to challenge the destiny of those doomed in the gateway to the cave. He wants to create a band and considers himself as an aspiring singer and songwriter. But as the underground music is forbidden in Iran and Meysam's idol singer is the one who is banned from the country, his parents are more and more worried. They fear that the contents of Meysam's lyrics can get him in trouble with the authorities. Therefore they push him to concentrate on his studies and work more at their grocery store, but Meysam doesn't want to obey.