德黑蘭的雕像

In essence, The Statues of Tehran interrogates the function of monuments in today's Tehran, an ideology-ridden postmodern megalopolis, afflicted with forgetfulness. It tracks the fate of two important public sculptures, the first, a pioneering work commissioned by the royal family in the 1970s; the second a tribute to the Islamic Revolution. Under the aegis of the revolution, the first was destined for neglect and eventually storage, while the second became a landmark in the city. The film tracks the destiny of monuments today as well as the city's historical memory.