A house by the sea. The curtains are pulled shut, the windows covered with black.

Inside, a man is hiding with his dog. He is writing a screenplay. Suddenly, a mysterious young woman appears. She refuses to leave, much to the writer’s annoyance. But at daybreak, another arrival will flip everyone’s perspective.

“A poignant evocation of confinement.”
LE MONDE

“Beautifully composed and patiently told within the confines of yet another restrictive set, “Closed Curtain” rigorously translates the literal despair of “This Is Not a Film” into pure symbolism.”
INDIEWIRE

“A complex film-within-a-film structure uses the favorite techniques of reflexive Iranian cinema to assert the need to recount reality.”
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

“A Pirandello-inspired investigation of the ramifications of dissidence”
VARIETY