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Farzin AzarmOn the way home, after a working day. The city lights reveal the sharp
hatching of the rain. People—many passing by, some standing aside watching. In
the neon glow of the street, the wet sidewalks shimmer and blend the shadows
together. The sound of cars, footsteps sliding on the wet asphalt, and the
vague clamor coming from nearby cinemas and cafés—all are captured in this
frame; at a time when movie theatre still mattered. The Berelian movie
theatre shines with its signs, and perhaps a film is playing on the screen,
taking people from the cold Shah-Abad Street (Jomhouri) to
another world. Behind all this movement, a deep silence seems to be hidden.
Faces are indistinct, gazes blurred, and this darkness mixed with scattered
lights portrays a sense of lostness. It’s as if every passerby holds an untold
story, a secret in the heart of the night, in the middle of a street that is
both real and dreamlike—like a scene from a noir film with no clear ending.
