Synopsis
طبیعت بیجان
A minimalist study of lonely, isolated existence. Mohamad Sardari has spent thirty years at a remote outpost raising and lowering a gate to keep road traffic from crossing tracks when a train passes. He lives with his wife in an unadorned shack; a few bare trees dot the threadbare landscape.
The 1970s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Other Asia, 17 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Still Life premiered alongside 1 others.
Position in Catalog
The 27th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Audience Engagement
17 audience reviews — more than 51% of Other Asia films in our index.
Review volume (51th percentile) outruns trending popularity (15th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Still Life, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- iranian new wave · 5
- alienation · 3
- stagnation · 2
- tranquility · 1
- avant-garde · 8
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #248 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (55th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #190 of 356 (top 53%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Iran |
| Original Language | Persian |
| Production Companies | New Film Group and Telefilm |
| Runtime | 1h 30m |
| Release Date | June 29, 1974 |
| IMDb | tt0072248 |