A documentary on artist Bahman Mohassess (1931 - 2010), the so-called “Persian Picasso,” whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated pre-revolutionary Iran. Irreverent and uncompromising, a gay man in a hostile world, Mohassess had a conflicted relationship with his homeland  — revered by elites in the art scene and praised as a national icon, only to be censored later by an oppressive regime. In Persian with English subtitles. Rotten Tomatoes rating of 100%.

"...performs the vital service of acquainting the world with an artist who deserves — despite his own dismissal of such notions — world recognition, if not immortality." — Peter Keough, Boston Globe

NR, 102 min., 2013. Closed captions (CC) in English.