An Ode to Death

An Ode to Death
By Swetha Antony

Enticed by the soul-stirring music and enthralled by the exquisite snow-capped mountains of Tehran, we begin our journey with a green-eyed agent whose boss is a husky voice on the wireless, a cool guy with a great sense of humour. It is hard to digest that this is a journey to the next world, the handsome agent the spirit of death, and the husky voice, God. Farzad Motamen's Music Box unfolds itself through such characters, earthly and ethereal.

A mythical rendering about death and God, the film tells the story of Ali, a twelve year old, who lives with his father and grandfather and yearns for the love of his dead mother. We are plunged into the mystery when Agent Maleki appears before the boy and begins talking to him. From that point his life takes a new turn. Now he can sense death. He fights with it when it comes to his grandfather and reconciles to it when it is his own turn. His fearless acceptance of the inevitable is gifted with love and life.

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