Chekhov’s Gun

Short Synopsis
A young boy trapped in a bus graveyard believes that the baton held by the Olympic runners is an asthma spray. To get this spray, the boy starts chasing the runners to save his sick father who has breathing problems, but he loses the runners. As a result of trying to find the runners, the boy enters a different bus than the others. As soon as the boy enters, he notices runners trying to get out of the screen installed in front of the bus and come towards him.

Director’s Biography
Abbas Hosseini is a writer, director, and poet from Mashhad. He began his artistic activities in childhood by writing free verse poetry, and then, by taking filmmaking courses at the Young Cinema Society of Mashhad, he became an assistant director and edited short films. Additionally, in 2022, he authored a book titled ‘Literary Games: Narratives of Roots and Approaches,’ which is an effort to further reveal the hidden attractions of literature in the field of entertainment.
‘Chekhov’s Gun’ is his first professional work as a writer and director.

Director’s Statement
Is truth always what we perceive, or in other words, how accurately does our interpretation of an event align with the reality of that phenomenon?
In my opinion, in today’s world, the influence of media on human perception of truth and the surrounding world has advanced to the point where media can replace reality with an imaginary image. This constructed truth constitutes a significant part of contemporary human life, such that it has even found its way
into modern philosophical theories, with French philosopher Jean Baudrillard referring to it as ‘simulacra.’
In this film, I have also attempted to blur the line between reality and fantasy, presenting a blend of a dystopian apocalypse and a lost utopia. This fusion contains a dialectic between death and life to the extent that, in this wasteland, an Olympic baton becomes a source of hope and a reason for a small boy to continue living and striving.

Categories: Drama