VENICE 2022 Giornate degli Autori
Jafar Najafi • Director of Alone
"Children should be living in a joyful, colourful world; they shouldn't be growing up too fast"
by Vittoria Scarpa, Emanuele Basso
VENICE 2022: The Iranian director talks about his documentary that centres on a child who fights with all his might to stop his sisters from getting married too young
Iranian director Jafar Najafi talks to us about his documentary Alone, that centres on Amir, a child who fights with all his might, alone against everyone else, to stop his sisters from getting married too young. It has been presented as a Special Event in the 19th Giornate degli Autori at Venice.