Taboor

Vahid Vakilivar's Taboor (Iran, 2012) - A lone motorcyclist travels the empty streets of Tehran at night. He wears an aluminum suit to guard against the electromagnetic waves that raise his body temperature. Yet he is determined to make his appointments to kill cockroaches and fumigate factories, the night placing many strange encounters along his route. Artfully shot cityscapes expound on the man’s solitude in this atmospheric take on science fiction from the heart of Iran.  / AW: First Iranian Sci-Fi set in apocalyptic Tehran where the sun makes the earth inhabitable during the day. The great visual style can't compensate the dullness of this thinly narrated film. 2012THESic, 2013TRI. RATING: 4