Set around the time of the revolution, 'The Virgin of Solitude' follows the parallel lives of a transplanted Austrian woman, who has made Iran her home, and her grandson, Nuri, who desperately misses his mother but hides his longing behind a veneer of teenage bravado.
Set around the time of the revolution, 'The Virgin of Solitude' follows the parallel lives of a transplanted Austrian woman, who has made Iran her hom...
Written in Persian, "The Virgin of Solitude" centers on the life of a young man, Nuri Zargham, and his Austrian grandmother, who settle in Iran after her marriage to Nuri's grandfather. Nuri's emotional turmoil coincides with the beginnings of the revolution in Iran, an upheaval that changes the course of his life.
Written in Persian, "The Virgin of Solitude" centers on the life of a young man, Nuri Zargham, and his Austrian grandmother, who settle in Iran after ...