:57:01
That was because
the script wanted me to.
:57:07
Believe me, Bahman,
we are buried alive.
:57:15
Look at these pictures.
:57:20
This is what's left of us.
:57:23
My friend, pictures and memories
are all that is left of everyone.
:57:28
Don't think the others
will be better remembered.
:57:31
The important thing is for us
to preserve our dignity.
:57:34
But today I've come with
good news.
:57:36
I want to ask you to act
in my new film.
:57:39
What? You got a permit to work?
:57:42
It's a documentary about
funeral rites in Iran.
:57:45
Well, the lead suits me fine.
:57:48
It suits everyone of our generation.
:57:50
That's why I have rounded up
all my friends. You come too.
:57:55
Somebody has to come
and take me there.
:58:00
- Is that you, sir?
- Yes.
:58:03
- You were young then.
- Things happen.
:58:08
Yes, and...
:58:10
...you carried
much less of a burden.
:58:13
- Burden?
- I meant you were slimmer.
:58:17
Yes, I was slimmer, I had more hair,
and fewer wrinkles.
:58:22
My father, God rest his soul,
used to say...
:58:27
..."Youth is like the sun before sundown.
It's gone in a wink.
:58:32
But old age is like
the longest night of the year."
:58:36
- He sure was right.
- Yes, sir.
:58:38
How is this one?
:58:40
You had a mustache?
:58:44
And a beard and lots of hair.
:58:47
When you're young,
you take care of yourself.
:58:51
You do, sir.
:58:53
- I don't think any of these will do.
- What for?
:58:57
For my obituary notices.
:58:59
I didn't want them to print
an ugly picture of me.