The weight of religion is felt in Elahe’s life when she returns to Mashhad, Iran, the city where she grew up. Her parents are moving house and she’s going to help them move — but the address isn’t the only thing she wants to help change.
Elahe returns to the city where she grew up – Mashhad, Iran – to help her parents with a move. Returning to her hometown brings her face-to-face with a past in which the director no longer recognizes herself. A Move is, in every sense, a film about courage, rupture, and new beginnings. But above all, it is a film about confrontation: with tradition, with family, with culture. The use of the hijab is approached as a key element in the struggle for personal autonomy of Iranian women, who live in a fragile balance between conformity and possible resistance. Sometimes, the solitary act of a woman can be the starting point for a deep transformation, inspiring others to challenge conventions and seek collective change. (Jéssica Pestana)
