Sex and Philosophy (tbc)
- Run time: 1 hour 45 mins
- Language: Tajik
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 1st January 2005
- Starring: Dalir Nazarov, Mariam Gaibova, Farzova Beknazarova
- Directed by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Plot Synopsis
Every love affair is the consequence of some trivial event'. A car makes its way through the streets, the candles on its dashboard announcing what its driver soon confirms - it is his 40th birthday. To celebrate, he has decided to instigate a revolution against himself. His first act is to summon each of his four lovers, who are unaware of each other, to join him at the dance studio where we assume he is a tutor. His revelations to the women prompt a discourse about love and the fleeting nature of happiness. But when he comes to the fourth and final woman, he finds that his own philosophy of love is not as easy to apply as he had presumed. The first film from Mohsen Makhmalbaf since 2001's Kandahar sees him return to Tajikistan (he filmed The Silence there in 1998 after growing frustrated with Iran's censorship codes), this time to address relationships between the sexes. Sex and Philosophy achieves a fluid convergence of performance and cinema, using the expressive range of dance to drive the narrative flow. It is also a work of great visual beauty, the man's philosophical musings conducted against a breathtaking palette referencing his arrival at the autumn of his life.