Fat Shaker

Monday, November 11
6:30 pm
Fat Shaker

2013 / Iran / English subtitles / 85 minutes / Director: Mohammad Shivai
Cast: Levon Haftvan, Navid Mohammadzadeh Print Source: Marjan Andaroodi

The Iranian film Fat Shaker explores an isolated and dysfunctional familial relationship. Morbidly obese and down on himself, a father spends his days belittling his grown deaf-mute son who has chosen to be his caretaker out of obligation. Shot in a revealing, documentary style, the harsh reality of the men’s situation is captured as if we’re spying into their stark, suffocating lives. Change intervenes with the introduction of a young female photographer who becomes curious about the pair and decides that she can help, but her invasive presence only brings more strife into the already volatile situation. Shot in a fractured narrative style, Fat Shaker is a challenging puzzle of a movie that will reward the attentive viewer. Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter calls Fat Shaker, “boldly and unabashedly experimental.”