"It’s been thousands of years since the Earth has delivered a living creature..."
Sohrab do you even remember I have a performance tonight?
If you can’t pick me up, just say so. I’ll go by myself!
- Hello? - Yasi?
- Yeah Nina? Kinda busy here... - Your brother hasn't come home again!
- Where are you? Aren't you at the studio? - Nah, come on. I’m home...
Yeah, just leave it there... Sorry Nina, go on!
He kept nagging: "Why don't you ever cook, why aren't you like other wives?"
I scoured YouTube, made beef stroganoff for his highness!
It all went cold and ruined.
You two have to create some kind of drama every fucking time I have a show...
Alright darling... Stay put. I’ll pick you up for the show.
"It’s been thousands of years since the Earth has delivered a living creature..."
"It’s been thousands of years since the Earth..."
- I was just coming to you! - Traffic killed me. Get in!
Darling, instead of driving across the town just to babysit me,
why don’t you go and find your brother?
God knows where he’s been for days…
Nina, do you even listen?
I’ve told you a hundred times: Don’t go home!
Stay at my damn studio, rehearse, work on your lines...
Why do you think I gave you the studio key then, huh?
He’s singing it wrong, you know?
It should be: "Nina, my flower... my beautiful flower..."
God! We used to listen to this like goofs back in college!
Sohrab still plays it, you know?
And he has the guts to call me old-fashioned, or stuck in the Stone Age...
Nina... do you remember the last time Sohrab played this?
I dunno... Maybe in the car, or...
Why?
No reason... just wondering...
- Pull over! - Why do you snap like that out? I’m just talking!
I know that face, Yasi.
- You say one thing, but think another! - And what exactly am I thinking?
Go on, tell me! What’s in my head?
He was supposed to listen to my monologue before the show...
If he doesn’t show up tonight, I’m gonna mess it all up…
Nina...
Nina, where are you going?
Sohrab! If something’s up, just tell me straight.
Don’t send Yasi, for God’s sake!
This kid cannot even pretend...
You know what I was thinking about this morning?
Remember that random camping trip?
We left in the morning, came back at night, and both said it was our best trip ever.
Remember that stupid card game?
You kept forcing me to play in the middle of the forest.
It was such nonsense! I'm sure it was made up...
Sohrab?
How did I do that weird animal sound?
Been bugging me since this morning, can’t remember...
"It’s been thousands of years since the Earth has delivered a living creature..."
"I open my eyes."
"I am lonely."
"The deep darkness of the trees, enfolds me like a womb."
What was the next line?
Idiot!
You know it all.
Why don't you do it instead of me? It would be better.
My head's gone blank again.
At least when Sohrab’s around, he claps out of politeness at the end...
Get up! Stop talking nonsense and enough with the Sohrab!
We’re going to my place, you'll grab your stuff and we'll head to the theatre.
The cast won’t wait around for your drama!
Let it out, cry!
Open the door, Nina!
Please!
What are you running from?
Darling, It's not your fault!
Open the door, just for a sec... We need to talk...
Nina, my flower... my beautiful flower...
Sohrab?!
I’m coming love, I swear!
Run through your monologue one more time and I’ll be there.
Sohrab! Don’t come! I’m not in a rush.
What? Can’t hear you Nina...
If you can hear me, I’m coming...
Don't come because of me...
Nina, do you hear me?
"It’s been thousands of years since the Earth has delivered a living creature..."
Nina... There’s some weird animal in the middle of the road...
Baby, It's not a brain game! You’re overanalyzing it...
Goddamn it! Don't! What the hell is this?
I don't want you to run off!
Now give it to me.
Look at that snout: Woof woof!
It’s a dog! You gotta respond quickly, no thinking!
If you wanna be the God of this game, you gotta be fast!
- Oh, so now you’re the God? - I was always the God, babe!
- It's so lame! Stop it. - It’s not! Just go with the flow!
Another one!
No thinking! ...and don’t show it to me!
- Shit... Wait a sec... - Don’t drag it out!
Quick! 1,2,3!
God says your time is up!
What the hell was that?!
It's a prehistoric beast! I haven't named it yet!
Prehistoric?! You’re ruining the game! It has to be real!
It is real! It’s my card, so I say it’s real! Listen again...
- You gotta breathe it in! - Innnn...
"It’s been thousands of years since the Earth has delivered a living creature..."
"But I am alive!"
"History is conceived within my body."
"Behold me!"
"Here I stand!"
"Like the wind, I dance!"
"Like the night, I howl!"
"Like restless eyes, I wander!"
"I cry out loud:"
"That's enough!"
"From now on, my gaze shall revive the history!"
"Prehistoric" Produced, Written and Directed by Armin Etemadi
Cast Elaheh Bakhshi Samane Moniri and Mansour Nasiri as Sohrab
Director of Photography Pooyan Aghababaei
Editor Pooyan Sholevar
Set & Costume Designer Faraz Modiri Sound Designer Ramin Abousedgh
Original Soundtrack Sam Mazaheri Sound Recordist Meysam Hasanloo Makeup Artist Shirin Moosavi